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.
Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca
Crew: Mira Nair (Director), Sooni Taraporevala (Writer), Jeanette Scott (Set Decoration), L. Subramaniam (Original Music Composer), Mitch Epstein (Production Design), Roberto Silvi (Editor)
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: , English, Kiswahili
Studio: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 18, 1991
IMDb: 4.685
