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This week's new bonus episode of "Now Re-Playing" is all about the 1991 Mira Nair film, "Mississippi Masala."
The film follows a young Indian woman (Sarita Choudhury), whose family has immigrated from Uganda, as she falls in love with an African American man (Denzel Washington) in the small town of Greenwood, Mississippi.
"Mississippi Masala" was one of the first mainstream films that really explored an interracial relationship between two people of color, and the ideas of identity, racism/prejudice and colorism, especially within the BIPOC community.
What better film to re-watch now??
This week we chat with someone whose title does not at all accurately reflect the multitudes of her jobs and passions: film & TV critic and broadcast Ashanti Omkar!
Ashanti is a UK-based rockstar critic and broadcaster, whose work has appeared on BBC TV, ITV, Channel 5, various BBC Radio...
Published 09/23/22
This week's episode comes from the heart - our guest is Nikki's best friend Bash Naran!
Bash is a rockstar literary agent, currently working at WME, who focuses on diverse, underrepresented and international creators with unique, multicultural perspectives. He's also the co-founder of a great...
Published 09/15/22