Mississippi Masala
Mississippi Masala
“ Passion. Tradition. Mix it up. ”
CINEMA1991-09-18
RegionGB / US
Runtime118 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Storyline
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-Ame...
DIRECTOR / Director
Mira Nair
KEYWORDS
immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippiromantic
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Denzel Washington
From historical drama and social cinema to Oscar-winning performances, action heroes and classical roles, he built one of American cinema’s most commanding screen personas.
Denzel Washington is one of the defining actors of modern American cinema. From historical and political roles in Glory and Malcolm X to dangerous figures in Training Day, Man on Fire and American Gangster, and later performances in Fences and The Tragedy of Macbeth, he has moved between mainstream Hollywood, Black cinema, stage adaptations and action films while developing a screen persona defined by authority, intensity, moral conflict and individual will.
