MISSISSIPPI MASALA Date of publication: 02/14/1992 For cast, rating and other information, (click here) By Roger Ebert The director Mira Nair made an unexpected discovery a few years ago: A lot of the independent motels in the Deep South are owned and operated by Asian Indians. Although they trace their roots back to India or Pakistan, many of them arrived in America via Uganda, where they had put down roots for two or three generations, showing …showed first 75 words of 862 total…

…showed last 75 words of 862 total…them all, blacks and Indians, out of Africa and across the ocean to Mississippi. The movie is about people who, having survived those upheavals, nevertheless have no curiosity about those outside their own social and racial circles - and about a few who do. Mississippi Masala (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 Demetrius Denzel Washington Mina Sarita Choudhury Directed by Mira Nair. Running time: 118 minutes. Classified R (for sensuality and language). Opening today at Chestnut Station. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**