Overview
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with 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.
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Crew
DirectorMira Nair
WriterSooni Taraporevala
Cast
Denzel Washington
Demetrius Williams
Sarita Choudhury
Mina
Roshan Seth
Jay
Sharmila Tagore
Kinnu
Charles S. Dutton
Tyrone Williams
Joe Seneca
Williben Williams
Ranjit Chowdhry
Anil
Mohan Gokhale
Pontiac
Mohan Agashe
Kanti Napkin
Tico Wells
Dexter Williams
Yvette Hawkins
Aunt Rose
Aanjjan Srivastav
Jammubhai
Konga Mbandu
Okelo
Sahira Nair
Young Mina
Dipti Suthar
Chanda
Varsha Thaker
Kusumben
Ashok Lath
Harry Patel
Natalie Oliver
Alicia LeShay
Karen Pinkston
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Willy Cobbs
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Keywords
immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippiromantic
Details
Budget
$5M
Revenue
$7M
TMDb Votes
99
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026