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Mississippi Masala [LAST SCREENING]

Director(s)
Mira Nair
Country
United States
United Kingdom
Year
1991
Duration
118 minutes
Language
English
Format
DCP - 4K restoration

The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South are blended and simmered into a rich and fragrant fusion feast in Mira Nair’s luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) 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 (Denzel Washington) challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region’s Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with big-hearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and radical celebration of love’s power to break down the barriers between us.

*Venice Film Festival 1991

 

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Director(s)
Mira Nair
Country
United States
United Kingdom
Year
1991
Duration
118 minutes
Language
English
Format
DCP - 4K restoration