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Mississippi Masala (1991)

Directed by Mira Nair · Cinematography by Edward Lachman

R118 min64 frames

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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