Mississippi Masala
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Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film by Mira Nair that explores themes of race, migration, and cross-cultural relationships between an Indian Ugandan woman and an African American man in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mississippi Masala canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| characterOrigin |
African American man
ⓘ
Indian Ugandan woman ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Edward Lachman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mira Nair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roberto Silvi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Mississippi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus |
African American community
ⓘ
Indian diaspora ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Demetrius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | L. Subramaniam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Indian African expulsion from Uganda
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portrayal of interracial romance in the American South ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Michael Nozik
NERFINISHED
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Mira Nair NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitch Epstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Miramax Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1992-02-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Sooni Taraporevala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Greenwood, Mississippi
NERFINISHED
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Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles S. Dutton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denzel Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ Ranjit Chowdhry NERFINISHED ⓘ Roshan Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarita Choudhury NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharmila Tagore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural relationships
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diaspora ⓘ interracial romance ⓘ migration ⓘ race ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
late 20th century American South
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post-Idi Amin era ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.