Mississippi Masala
1991·Movie
·1h 58min·
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Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
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.
Interracial RomanceCultural ClashSocial IssuesFamily DramaSlow-BurnCharacter-Driven90s IndiePolitical UndercurrentsMississippi Setting
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Directed by:
Mira Nair, Dinaz Stafford, Noga Isackson
Written by:
Sooni Taraporevala
Produced by:
Mira Nair, Susie Figgis, Lydia Dean Pilcher
Composed by:
Rick Dior, Tommy Louie, Mary Ellen Porto
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