Mississippi Masala (1991)
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.
Read the Mississippi Masala feature →- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $7.3M
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Denzel Washington
Demetrius Williams
Sarita Choudhury
Mina
Roshan Seth
Jay
Sharmila Tagore
Kinnu
Charles S. Dutton
Tyrone Williams
Joe Seneca
Williben Williams
Ranjit Chowdhry
Anil
Mohan Gokhale
Pontiac
Mohan Agashe
Kanti Napkin
Tico Wells
Dexter Williams
Yvette Hawkins
Aunt Rose
Aanjjan Srivastav
Jammubhai
Keywords
Woman directorImmigrantRacial prejudiceMississippi riverSouthern usaRacismInterracial relationshipInterracial romanceUgandaIndependent filmIdi aminForced migrationMississippi
