Mississippi Masala

1991 · 118 min · EN · R · 6.4 (105 votes)

Dir. Mira Nair · Starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca · Music L. Subramaniam

“Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.”

DramaRomance

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with 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.

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A vibrant, yet tense, exploration of love and prejudice in the American South. It feels like a slow-burn romance set against a backdrop of cultural friction, with moments of both quiet beauty and simmering conflict.

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