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The upcoming drama, based on the 1929 novel, looks at the cultural self-alienation a Black woman experiences when she attempts to gain the privileges that come with assuming a white identity.

PG-13 | 1h 38min | Drama, Mystery | 27 October 2021 (USA) For her feature filmmaking debut, English actress Rebecca Hall (“Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “The ...

Passing, Irene ( Tessa Thompson), a light-skinned Black woman, finds herself seated at an upscale hotel in a racially segregated New York City in the 1920s. Donning a pretty dress, heels, and a hat with a slight veil, she had just managed to make a purchase at a nearby shop with nary a white person bothering her. She then decides to press her luck that patrons of the next fine establishment won’t detect her race either.  But comfort for Irene within that space is largely unattainable as she ...

From the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, we review Rebecca Hall's directorial debut, 'Passing,' starring Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson.

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play Black women in 1920s New York, navigating the "color line" from opposite sides in Rebecca Halls adaptation of the Harlem Renaissance novel. Exquisite performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga provide the pulsing, emotionally heightened center to Passing, Rebecca Halls assured move behind the camera, adapted with great sensitivity from the 1929 novel by Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen. "Were all of us passing for something or other, arent we?" mus...

‘Passing’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall’s Stunning Directorial Debut Provocatively Explores Race Sundance 2021: Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play characters who can pass for white, and the drama digs into the roots of their masqueradeCarlos Aguilar | January 30, 2021 @ 8:50 PM Last Updated: January 30, 2021 @ 9:33 PM Edu Grau/Sundance Institute Face half-covered with a beautiful hat, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a biracial woman, wanders into establishments that would be of...

Mesmerising: Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in Passing Credit: Eduard Grau/Courtesy of Sundance Institute Dir: Rebecca Hall; Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp, Alexander Skarsgård, Ashley Ware Jenkins, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy To describe Passing as a black-and-white film is to wrestle with the inadequacy of that very term. Based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novella, Rebecca Hall’s exhilarating debut as a writer-director (which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival las...

Three very different films premiered on Saturday, the biggest day for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Set in different time periods in different parts of the world, these movies are a snapshot of the diversity of stories being told virtually out of Park City. The best of the three is “Passing,” Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of the 1929 Harlem Renaissance novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. The acclaimed actress proves to be an ambitious filmmaker, tackling a challenging story of race, s...

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga make for a riveting pair in Passing Mashable 1/31/2021 It takes a moment for Passing to reveal itself. At first, the screen is just a white blur, and only gradually do shapes and sound begin to emerge: shoes, voices, a street. Eventually, were able to place ourselves in 1920s New York, and pinpoint Irene (Tessa Thompson) as our protagonist.  But the disorientation of those first moments never quite fades. Though its based on a 1929 novella by Nella Larsen, and ...