Cinematic background from Mississippi Masala 1991 - Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the 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.

Mississippi Masala

1991

Drama, Romance

Directors:
Mira Nair
Writers:
Sooni Taraporevala
Official poster of Mississippi Masala 1991 directed by [object Object]