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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Mississippi Masala canonical 6

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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 ⓘ