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No Malice Film Contest Launches Free Professional Lecture Series with Top Filmmakers and Storytellers News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Creators of the No Malice Film Contest for young filmmakers in Illinois between the ages of 11 and 21 this Saturday will launch a free series of talks with professional filmmakers and storytellers to share advice and inspire their creativity. Students will compete in the contest as individuals or in groups in three age brackets: 11–14, 15–18, and 19–21. Entries are due by Friday, April 30. Th...

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play Black women in 1920s New York, navigating the "color line" from opposite sides in Rebecca Hall's adaptation of the Harlem Renaissance novel. Exquisite performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga provide the pulsing, emotionally heightened center to Passing, Rebecca Hall's assured move behind the camera, adapted with great sensitivity from the 1929 novel by Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen. "We're all of us passing for something or other, aren't we?" muses Thompson's melancholy character Irene Redfield. This is a dreamily atmospheric evocation of 1...

'Passing' Review: Rebecca Hall's Subtle, Provocative Directorial Debut 'Passing' Review: Rebecca Hall's Subtle, Provocative Directorial Debut A superbly performed study of racialized longing and feminine dissatisfaction in 1920s New York, lit by searing intelligence and compassion. Jessica Kiang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Rebecca Hall With: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Ashley Ware Jenkins. Running time: Running time: 98 MIN. Eduard Grau It starts in sweltering heat; it ends in freezing...

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, sexuality, class, and culture in the 1920s. She also proves to be a deft director of performance, bri...

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