Search - Mixing Nia: Love Isn't Always Black & White on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 09/26/2000 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Xenon Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Urban Comedy

Bermuda-born Alison Swan, a NY documentary filmmaker, made her dramatic feature directorial debut with this comedy-drama, a low-budget look at racial identities. With divorced parents (white attorney father and black mother), Nia (Karyn Parsons) grew up in Westchester Country. Employed as an upwardly mobile advertising copywriter, she hangs out with both black and white friends. Irritated by an ad campaign to spur ghetto blacks to consume alcohol, she quits her job with plans to write a book. Stirring the racial mix, she sets out to find her own identity. Shown at the 1998 New York Women's Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Karyn Parsons - Nia
Eric Thal - Matt
Isaiah Washington - Lewis
Diego Serrano - Joe
Rosalyn Coleman - Renee

A woman searches for her personal and racial identity in this drama, which has been given a reasonable presentation for its release on DVD. Mixing Nia has been given a full-frame transfer to disc at the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround. The dialogue is in English, with no multiple-language options included. As a bonus, this edition features an optional commentary track from writer/director Alison Swan, as well as the film's original trailer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide