Mississippi masala

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Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twenty-something Mina spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius, their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of raci...

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East Indians Mississippi Fiction

Interracial dating Mississippi Fiction

Man-woman relationships Fiction

Uganda Emigration and immigration Fiction

Uganda Politics and government 1971-1979 Fiction

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Feature films Fiction Romance films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 1127 Criterion collection ; 1127 DVD

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ISBN:

9781681439419

Edition:

Director-approved DVD special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 2.0
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
MPAA rating: R (for sensuality and language)

Other Title:

container of (expression): Mississippi masala (Motion picture). Swahili [DVD]
container of (work): Mississippi masala (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1991
Special features: Audio commentary featuring Mira Nair; new conversation between actor Sarita Choudhury and film critic Devika Girish; new interviews with director of photography Ed Lachman, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala and production designer and photographer Mitch Epstein; an essay by critic Bilal Qureshi
Title from container
Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, Swahili, with optional subtitles in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3165457

UPC:

715515272315

Other Authors:

Choudhury, Sarita, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Nair, Mira, film director
Seth, Roshan, 1942- actor
Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957- screenwriter
Washington, Denzel, 1954- actor

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