Mississippi Masala Passion. Tradition. Mix it up. Release date: 1991-09-18 Genres: Drama, Romance Actors: Aanjjan Srivastav, Denzel Washington, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Sarita Choudhury, Joe Seneca, Roshan Seth, Tico Wells, Mohan Agashe, Mohan Gokhale, Sam Sherrill, Yvette Hawkins, Patsy Garrett, Nora Boland, Ranjit Chowdhry, Emanuel Mudara, Larry Haggard, Joseph Olita, Michael Wawuyo, Sharon Williams, Jimmy Din, Hollis Pippin, Tony McGhee, Konga Mbandu, Immaculate Byakatonda, Rajika Puri, Wilberforce Muteta, Mahlon Bouldin, Jerone Wiggins, Sahira Nair, E. W. Colvin, Dipti Suthar, Shung Moo Joe, Stacy Swinford, Ashok Lath, Joyce Murrah, Dewey Buffington, Buddy St Amant, Alix Henry Sanders, Willy Cobs, Tre'Demont Spearman, Mayambala Ssekasi, Dillon Rozell Gross, James Dale, Karen Pinkston, Sadie Carr, Sammy E. D. Senkumba, Argentina Moore, Kevin McNeil, Ben Burford, Alix W. Sanders, Amrit Panesar, Cyreio Hughes, Phavin Parbario, Varsha Thaker, Natalie Oliver, Rick Senn, Jim Haffey, Richard Crick, J. D. Barrett, Rev. Fred Matthews, Bonnie M. Lubega Direction: Mira Nair Budget: $8,000,000Revenue: $7,310,000 Runtime: 1 h. 58 min. Score: 6.4/10 Votes: 89 Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America Companies: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International Available* : Overview: 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.
