Mississippi Masala Movie

MOVIES : Salaam Mississippi ! : India-born filmmaker Mira Nair, director of 'Salaam Bombay!,' tackles a love story (without a white point of view) in the South

February 9, 1992 | DAVID GRITTEN, David Gritten is a free-lance writer based in London

When Mira Nair was in Hollywood 18 months ago trying to raise funds for her movie "Mississippi Masala," she ran into a predictable set of prejudices. The film proved a tough sell because of its subject matter--an interracial romance set in the Deep South between an Indian immigrant girl born in Uganda and a young African-American who runs a two-man carpet cleaning business.

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MOVIES : Salaam Mississippi ! : India-born filmmaker Mira Nair, director of 'Salaam Bombay!,' tackles a love story (without a white point of view) in the South

February 9, 1992 | DAVID GRITTEN, David Gritten is a free-lance writer based in London

When Mira Nair was in Hollywood 18 months ago trying to raise funds for her movie "Mississippi Masala," she ran into a predictable set of prejudices. The film proved a tough sell because of its subject matter--an interracial romance set in the Deep South between an Indian immigrant girl born in Uganda and a young African-American who runs a two-man carpet cleaning business.

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