Mississippi Masala
1991
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.
"Passion. Tradition. Mix it up."
Rating
6.4
88 votesPopularity
0.9869
Origin & Countries
GBUS | en | United Kingdom,United States of America
Production
Cinecom Pictures,Mirabai Films,Film4 Productions,The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Runtime
118 min.
Budget (M$)
7.3 / 8ROI 91%
Status
Released
Release: 9/18/1991
Credits
Mira NairDirector
Denzel WashingtonDemetrius Williams
Sarita ChoudhuryMina
Roshan SethJay
Sharmila TagoreKinnu
