Mississippi Masala

1h 58m

6.3

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina 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 challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.

Cast

Denzel Washington

Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury

Sharmila Tagore

Charles S. Dutton

Tyrone Williams

Williben Williams

Ranjit Chowdhry

Dexter Williams

Aanjjan Srivastav

Gossip Aunty #1

Gossip Aunty #2

Sharon Williams

Piggly Wiggly Checker

White Truck Driver

Dillon Rozell Gross

Lady at Lusco's

Rev. Fred Matthews

Buddy St. Amant

Phinias T. Turnbull

Alix Henry Sanders

Alix W. Sanders

Chinese Customer

Sylvester Artiste III

Dewey Buffington

Tre'Demont Spearman

Argentina Moore

Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #1

Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #2

Phavin Parbario

Immaculate Byakatonda

Bonnie M. Lubega

Sammy E. D. Senkumba

Mayambala Ssekasi

Wilberforce Muteta

Soldier at Roadblock

Crew

Director, Producer

Sooni Taraporevala

Director of Photography

Michael Zimbrich

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Second Assistant Director

Second Second Assistant Director, Casting

Cherie L. Rodgers

Executive Producer

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager

Co-Producer, Production Design

First Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Camera

Kinnari Panikar

Costume Designer

Costume Designer

Costume Designer

Mustaque M. Ashrafi

Mary Ellen Porto

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Script Supervisor

Janet Paparazzo

Property Master

Charge Scenic Artist

Associate Editor

Daniel Ehrenbard

Marissa Littlefield

First Assistant Editor