Melting Snow
Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a “white Christmas”—become a metaphor for the colonialist paternalism of America’s relationship to Puerto Rico.
- Genre: Documentaire
- Studio:
- Mot-clé: puerto rico, colonialism, woman director, exploited immigrants, white christmas, us imperialism
- Jeter: Pedro Pietri