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Mixing Nia

1998 · 92 min

A thoughtful, gently funny character study that feels like wandering a city while quietly figuring out who you are.

Directed by
Alison Swan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Karyn Parsons, Isaiah Washington, Eric Thal
Tagline
Love isn't always black and white.
Overview
An ad agency copywriter, ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids, resigns from her job and goes searching for her racial identity.

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Directed by
Alison Swan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Karyn Parsons, Isaiah Washington, Eric Thal
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • race
  • love
  • ambition
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Alison Swan
Written by
Alison Swan
Starring
Karyn Parsons, Isaiah Washington, Eric Thal, Diego Serrano, Radha Blank, Héctor González
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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