Released:
1991-09-18

Overview:
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.

Director:
Mira Nair

Runtime:
1h 58min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Denzel Washington
  as
  Demetrius Williams
• 
  Sarita Choudhury
  as
  Mina
• 
  Roshan Seth
  as
  Jay
• 
  Sharmila Tagore
  as
  Kinnu
• 
  Charles S. Dutton
  as
  Tyrone Williams