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Mississippi Masala

Name: Mississippi Masala
Released: 1991

1991

Years after her Indian family was expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda, a young woman running a motel in Mississippi falls for a Black carpet cleaner, igniting a romance that upends both their communities. Mira Nair's warm, vibrant drama of love and displacement.

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Part of 7 Movies Set in or About Uganda

This film is stop 3 of 7 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Uganda. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Uganda in the 196 country film challenge.