Mississippi Masala

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The 1991 film Mississippi Masala stars Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington as two very beautiful people who meet and unexpectedly find they're just right for each other. Directed by Mira Nair, it's also about family and displacement, knowing your history, and making your own way in the world. And after being hard to track down for many years, the film is newly available again on the Criterion Channel.

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0:00.0	This is Sipi Masala, is a romance starring Serita Chaudhry and Denzel Washington as two very
0:10.4	beautiful people who meet and unexpectedly find they're just right for each other.
0:15.5	It's also about family and displacement, knowing your history and making your own way
0:20.4	in the world.
0:21.4	And after being hard to track down for many years, the 1991 film is newly available again.
0:27.8	I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about Mississippi Masala on Pop Culture Happy
0:32.3	Hour from NPR.
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1:07.2	Joining me today is frequent NPR contributor and culture writer Belal Kureshi.
1:11.8	Welcome Belal.
1:12.8	Thank you Linda.
1:14.3	And also with us is Vulture TV critic Roxana Hadadi, hello Roxana.
1:18.9	Hey Linda.
1:19.9	So Mississippi Masala first came out in 1991, it was written by Suni Tara Povala and directed
1:27.0	by Mira Nyer.
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