Demetrius is een zwarte Amerikaan die valt voor Mina, een van oorsprong Indiase die in Amerika terecht kwam nadat ze met haar familie in 1972 door Idi Amin uit Oeganda gezet werd.
Nee, helaas is Mississippi Masala nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Writer |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Production | Judy Claman | Casting |
| Production | Dinaz Stafford | Casting |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Lutter | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Lyall | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kinnari Panikar | Costume Designer |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Michael Zimbrich | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Noga Isackson | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Eve Silvester | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Dinaz Stafford | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Linda Wilson | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Alex Griswold | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tommy Louie | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Tim Pershing | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Daniel Ehrenbard | Gaffer |
| Art | Maureen Farley | Property Master |
| Crew | David Crank | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Art | Jeff Hartmann | Leadman |
| Editing | Tula Goenka | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Marissa Littlefield | First Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mustaque M. Ashrafi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edna Sheen | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rick Dior | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mitch Epstein | Co-Producer |
| Production | Cherie L. Rodgers | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Producer |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Art | Mitch Epstein | Production Design |
| Art | Jefferson Sage | Art Direction |
| Art | Jeanette Scott | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Janet Paparazzo | Stunts |
| Camera | Chris Lombardi | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | KATE Butler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | John Higgins | Gaffer |