Mississippi Masala (1991)

09/18/1991 (GB) • 1h 58m

Drama, Romance

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$7,310,000.00

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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