Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: SALAAM BOMBAY! (1988) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: A kaleidoscopic portrait of Bombay’s teeming street life, Mira Nair’s first narrative feature, Salaam Bombay!, combines a documentary-like sense of place with a poignant exploration of everyday resilience. After the young Krishna (Shafiq Syed) is cast out by his family, he makes his way to the city, where he encounters love, friendship, and tragedy in the face of extreme poverty. Drawing compellingly naturalistic performances from a cast consisting largely of children she met on the streets, Nair creates an intimate human drama that is by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming, an ode to childhood that overflows with colorful urban chaos and a deep compassion for those who live on society’s margins.

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New on Blu-ray: VANITY FAIR (2004) Starring Reese Witherspoon

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Product Description: Reese Witherspoon gives a vibrant, captivating performance in Vanity Fair as one of the greatest female characters of all time. Born to Poor parents, Becky Sharp climbs the social ladder by scheming and seducing her way to the top - until love and romance threaten to get in the way! Join her daring adventures that prove all is fair in love and war.

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DVD & Blu-ray: MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991) Starring Denzel Washington & Sarita Choudhury

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Product Description: The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington), their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region’s Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with bighearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love’s power.

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QUEEN OF KATWE Trailer, Clips, Images and Posters

Disney's "Queen of Katwe" tells the true story of a young girl in rural Uganda whose life is forever changed when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, with the support of her family and community, finds the strength to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.

Directed by Mira Nair ("Monsoon Wedding"), the film stars Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza and Taryn Kyaze.

"Queen of Katwe" opens in theaters on September 30th.

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First Trailer for THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

The first trailer for Mira Nair's ("Monsoon Wedding") new film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" has been released. The film, based on Mohsin Hamid's novel of the same name, is a tense thriller dealing with post-9/11 issues of alienation and suspicion. The film stars Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Liev Schreiber, Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland. Release date is April 26, 2013.

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