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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.

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2021-04-08
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Runtime

8mins
Genre

Documentary
Status

Released
Language

English, Español
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Production

Crew

Janah Elise Cox

Director

Allison Ferner

Producer

Keywords:

puerto rico colonialism woman director exploited immigrants white christmas us imperialism

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