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Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala

74
Balasaur Score
Worth a look

1991 · Movie · 1h 58m · R

The read

Scores higher than 81% of the 1,969 1990s drama movies in this catalog.

Synopsis

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with 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.

Ratings

IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic78/100

105 audience votes

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immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippi

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