Mississippi Masala (1991)
A series of landmark films exploring the diversity of the American experience
Director Mira Nair’s acclaimed romantic drama explores the complications that arise when Mina, an Indian Ugandan woman, and Demetrius, an African American man, meet and fall in love in rural Mississippi. Rated R; 118 minutes. $13.75 ($8.50 members)
Introduced by Rachael Z. DeLue, director of the Princeton Humanities Initiative and the Christopher Binyon Sarofim ’86 Professor in American Art in the Department of Art & Archaeology and the Effron Center for the Study of America.
This film screening is part of the Re-visioning America Film Series, featuring directors who explore what is means to be an American. Cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University’s Humanities Initiative, Art Against Racism, and the Princeton Garden Theatre.
