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Mississippi Masala

1991 · 118 min

A warm, human story of love crossing cultural lines, with bittersweet reflections on home and belonging.

Directed by
Mira Nair
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
Overview
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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Directed by
Mira Nair
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • race
  • love
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mira Nair
Written by
Sooni Taraporevala
Starring
Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry, Mohan Gokhale
Music
L. Subramaniam
Cinematography
Edward Lachman
Runtime
118 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English, Gujarati, Swahili

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