Mississippi Masala
1991
⏱️ 118 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaRomance
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.
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Director
Mira Nair
Writer
Sooni Taraporevala
Producer
Cherie L. Rodgers, Michael Nozik, Mira Nair
Production
Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International
Keywords
immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi amin