Mississippi Masala 1991

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

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R
Drama Romance

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.

Release Date 1991-09-18
Runtime 1h 58m
Directors Mira Nair, Edward Lachman, Michael Zimbrich, Noga Isackson, Dinaz Stafford, Linda Wilson
Producers Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mitch Epstein, Cherie L. Rodgers, Michael Nozik, Mira Nair
Writer Sooni Taraporevala