Passing is a 2021 historical drama film written and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. Adapted from the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, set in 1920s New York City, the film follows the intertwined life of a black woman (Tessa Thompson) and her white-passing childhood friend (Ruth Negga).
Adapted from the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, PASSING tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth...
In Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, adapted by Rebecca Hall and distributed on Netflix last fall, Clare Kendry—a light-skinned Black woman—decides to pass as white. Clare grows up poor in Chicago; ...
Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson appear in Netflix's "Passing," directed by Rebecca Hall. Credit - Courtesy of Netflix In Passing, the film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s seminal 1929 novel of the same ...
George Hutchinson has delivered a definitive biography of the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen (1891-1964). The author of the novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), Larsen was the ...
*We reproted earlier that Tessa Thompson was ‘really terrified’ to tackle the role of Irene in Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut “Passing,” based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name. “Passing ...
Editor's note: This essay references a book whose title contains a racial slur. The one thing most people know about Nella Larsen's Passing is that it explores a peculiar kind of deception — being ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Passing, the film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s seminal 1929 novel of the same name, two women reckon with who they are and how ...