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.
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Writer |
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Production | Dinaz Stafford | Casting |
| Production | Judy Claman | Casting |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Production | Eve Silvester | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Linda Wilson | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Alex Griswold | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kinnari Panikar | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Tim Pershing | Key Grip |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Directing | Noga Isackson | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Dinaz Stafford | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tommy Louie | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan Lyall | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Lutter | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Michael Zimbrich | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edna Sheen | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Daniel Ehrenbard | Gaffer |
| Editing | Marissa Littlefield | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Tula Goenka | Associate Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hairstylist |
| Art | Maureen Farley | Property Master |
| Crew | David Crank | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Rick Dior | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mustaque M. Ashrafi | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Editor |
| Art | Jeff Hartmann | Leadman |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mitch Epstein | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Producer |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Production | Cherie L. Rodgers | Executive Producer |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mitch Epstein | Production Design |
| Camera | Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jefferson Sage | Art Direction |
| Art | Jeanette Scott | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Crew | Janet Paparazzo | Stunts |
| Camera | Chris Lombardi | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | KATE Butler | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | John Higgins | Gaffer |