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Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala

1991 · Movie · 1h 58m · R

Streaming on Max.

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.

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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb6.8/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes92%21%
Metacritic78/10021%
TMDB6.4/10106 votes16%
Balasaur Score74100%

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