Mississippi Masala (1991)
Directed by Mira Nair · Cinematography by Edward Lachman
R118 min64 frames
DramaRomance
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
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Mississippi Masala — official trailer
What is Mississippi Masala about?
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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What does the cinematography of Mississippi Masala look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Mississippi Masala builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with close-ups (19%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Edward Lachman keeps 53% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Mississippi Masala?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mississippi Masala (1991) are #333029, #0d0e08, #d7b071, #534c34, #d5ccad, #b2af90 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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