Mississippi Masala
"Passion. Tradition. Mix it up."
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.
| Release Date | September 18, 1991 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Mississippi Masala | |
| Runtime | 1h 58min | |
| Budget | $8,000,000 | |
| Revenue | $7,310,000 | |
| Language | English, Gujarati, Swahili | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United Kingdom, United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Cinecom PicturesMirabai FilmsFilm Four International | |