Melting Snow

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 8 min
  • Premiere: 2021. April 8.

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.

Discover

Pedro Pietri

Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

Directing

Janah Elise Cox

Director

Editing

Carla Gutierrez

Consulting Editor

Janah Elise Cox

Editor

Giovanni P. Autran

Color Grading

Production

Sue Ariza

Producer

Allison Ferner

Producer

Janah Elise Cox

Producer

Sound

Juan Antonio Arroyo

Music

Directing

Janah Elise Cox

Director

Editing

Carla Gutierrez

Consulting Editor

Janah Elise Cox

Editor

Giovanni P. Autran

Color Grading

Production

Sue Ariza

Producer

Allison Ferner

Producer

Janah Elise Cox

Producer

Sound

Juan Antonio Arroyo

Music