Little Salsa on the Prairie

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:48:22 -0700

A Little Salsa on the Prairie: The Changing Character of Perry, Iowa, a documentary that chronicles the rapid ethnic diversification of the community, drew hundreds of viewers when it premiered in October 2006 in Perry and Des Moines, Iowa. In addition, the film won the Gold Eddy for Professional Documentary at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.

The 55-minute film explores the significant change that began in Perry in the early 1990s when the complexion of a once predominantly white community shifted dramatically. An influx of Latino workers and their families came from as far away as Texas, California, Mexico and Central America to work at the local meat packing plant. Perry's Latino population increased from 47 in 1990 to 1,873 in 2000, accounting for 24.5 percent of the total population.

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