Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala

1h 58m 1991 Drama, Romance United Kingdom, United States of America
Budget: $8,000,000 Revenue: $7,310,000

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.

Director

Mira Nair

Writer

Sooni Taraporevala