Mississippi masala
DVD - 2022
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 racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with bighearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love's power.
Saved in:
- Subjects
- Genres
- Romance films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
-
[Irvington, New York] :
The Criterion Collection
[2022]
- Language
- English
Swahili - Corporate Authors
- , , , , , ,
- Corporate Authors
- , , , , , ,
- Other Authors
- , , , , ,
- Item Description
- Wide screen (1.85:1).
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 edition Lachman, screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala and production designer and photographer Mitch Epstein. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, wide screen (1.85:1); 2.0 surround.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Ed Lachman ; music by L. Subramaniam ; edited by Roberto Silvi.
- ISBN
- 9781681439419
Contents unavailable.