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Mississippi Masala (1991) [R]

Release Date:
September 18, 1991

Original Title:
Mississippi Masala

Alternate Titles:
Mississipi Masala
Масала Міссісіпі
Миссисипская масала

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Cinecom Pictures
Film4 Productions
Mirabai Films
Samuel Goldwyn Company

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 118

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Art Direction:
Jefferson Sage

Associate Editor:
Tula Goenka

Associate Producer:
Lydia Dean Pilcher

Boom Operator:
Tommy Louie

Casting:
Judy Claman
Dinaz Stafford
Susie Figgis

Charge Scenic Artist:
David Crank

Co-Producer:
Mitch Epstein

Costume Designer:
Ellen Lutter
Susan Lyall
Kinnari Panikar

Director:
Mira Nair

Director of Photography:
Edward Lachman

Editor:
Roberto Silvi

Executive Producer:
Cherie L. Rodgers

First Assistant Director:
Michael Zimbrich

First Assistant Editor:
Marissa Littlefield

Gaffer:
Daniel Ehrenbard

Hairstylist:
Kenneth Walker

Key Grip:
Tim Pershing

Leadman:
Jeff Hartmann

Makeup Artist:
Mustaque M. Ashrafi
Edna Sheen

Original Music Composer:
L. Subramaniam

Producer:
Michael Nozik
Mira Nair

Production Design:
Mitch Epstein

Property Master:
Maureen Farley

Script Supervisor:
Nilita Vachani

Second Assistant Director:
Noga Isackson

Second Second Assistant Director:
Dinaz Stafford
Linda Wilson

Set Decoration:
Jeanette Scott

Sound Editor:
Mary Ellen Porto

Sound Mixer:
Alex Griswold

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Rick Dior

Stunts:
Bob Minor

Unit Manager:
Eve Silvester

Unit Production Manager:
Lydia Dean Pilcher

Writer:
Sooni Taraporevala

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