Mississippi Masala
Beautifully shot, sexy, and funny.
Mississippi Masala
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.
"A cult classic ... this film was made 30 years ago, and so many aspects of it still resonate now." - Roxana Hadadi, Vulture
"Still fresh and newly relevant." - J. Hoberman, The New York Times
"A cult classic ... this film was made 30 years ago, and so many aspects of it still resonate now." - Roxana Hadadi, Vulture
"Still fresh and newly relevant." - J. Hoberman, The New York Times
Genre
Romance,
Drama,
African-American Experience,
Women and Film
Runtime
117
Language
English
Director
Mira Nair
Writer(s)
Sooni Taraporevala
Cast
Denzel Washington,
Roshan Seth,
Sarita Choudhury,
Charles S Dutton,
Joe Seneca
Awards:
Nominee, Best Feature, Spirit Awards
Winner, Golden Osella ~ Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
J. Hoberman, New York Times
Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala” begins with a bit of family history that is also a history lesson — the expulsion of Uganda’s sizable South Asian population, ordered from the country by the military strongman Idi Amin in 1972. A prize winner at the 1991 Venice Film Festival, still fresh and newly ...
Played at
NoHo 7 4.29.22 - 5.05.22
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