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: Sooni Taraporevala (Writer), Mira Nair (Director), Dinaz Stafford (Casting), Judy Claman (Casting), Bob Minor (Stunts), Eve Silvester (Unit Manager)
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English, , Kiswahili
Studio: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Channel Four Films
Runtime: 118 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 18, 1991
IMDb: 4.6
