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UNITED KINGDOM · 1991

Mississippi Masala

Mira Nair
Indian Parallel Cinema interracial romance cultural prejudice immigrant displacement family conflict community divisions
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Synopsis

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.

Year1991
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorMira Nair
MovementIndian Parallel Cinema
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