Mississippi Masala

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca

Crew: Mira Nair (Director), Sooni Taraporevala (Writer), Bob Minor (Stunts), Judy Claman (Casting), Dinaz Stafford (Casting), Susie Figgis (Casting)

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Language: EnglishKiswahili

Studio: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Company

Runtime: 118 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Sep 18, 1991

IMDb: 4.7

Keywords:immigrant, southern usa, mississippi river, uganda, interracial relationship, interracial romance, racism, racial prejudice, woman director, idi amin, forced migration, mississippi, romantic

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