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Ackland Film Forum
Ackland Film Forum: “Mississippi Masala” (Mira Nair, 1991)
Varsity Theatre 123 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesMira Nair’s second feature film, and her first set in the United States, tells the story of Ugandan Indian family who is forced to leave their country after the dictator Idi Amin expels all people of Asian descent from Uganda. As its title implies, the film largely takes place in Mississippi, where the family resettles…