Mississippi Masala

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Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film by Mira Nair that explores themes of race, migration, and cross-cultural relationships between an Indian Ugandan woman and an African American man in the American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
characterOrigin African American man
Indian Ugandan woman
cinematographyBy Edward Lachman
countryOfOrigin United States
director Mira Nair
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
editedBy Roberto Silvi NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Mississippi
Uganda
genre drama film
romantic drama
hasEthnicFocus African American community
Indian diaspora
language English
mainCharacter Demetrius
Mina
musicBy L. Subramaniam
notableFor depiction of Indian African expulsion from Uganda
portrayal of interracial romance in the American South
premiereEvent Venice Film Festival
producer Michael Nozik
Mira Nair
Mitch Epstein
productionCompany Miramax Films
releaseDateUS 1992-02-05
releaseYear 1991
runtimeMinutes 118
screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala
settingLocation Greenwood, Mississippi
Mississippi
Uganda
starring Charles S. Dutton
Denzel Washington
Joe Seneca
Ranjit Chowdhry
Roshan Seth
Sarita Choudhury
Sharmila Tagore
theme cross-cultural relationships
diaspora
interracial romance
migration
race
timePeriodDepicted late 20th century American South
post-Idi Amin era

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Mira Nair notableWork Mississippi Masala
Mira Nair directed Mississippi Masala
Roshan Seth notableWork Mississippi Masala
Edward Lachman notableWork Mississippi Masala
Sarita Choudhury notableWork Mississippi Masala
Lydia Dean Pilcher notableWork Mississippi Masala