{"id":157459,"date":"2021-10-30T14:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=157459"},"modified":"2021-10-30T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:28:09","slug":"tessa-thompson-ruth-negga-and-rebecca-hall-on-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/tessa-thompson-ruth-negga-and-rebecca-hall-on-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall on &#8216;Passing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>blackfilm.com correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/author\/koku-tona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koku Tona<\/a> sat with Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall to discuss &#8216;Passing&#8217; the critically acclaimed film that debuted at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Passing is in theaters now, and will stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81424320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a> November 10th, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the press junkets below and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rebecca Hall talks producing, writing, and directing &#8216;Passing:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0zglxWB1KT8?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/0zglxWB1KT8\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga talk their roles in &#8216;Passing&#8217;:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-2\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9EG3_Qyr24?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/r9EG3_Qyr24\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Passing&#8217; Trailer: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-3\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/trwq3CNCMkU?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/trwq3CNCMkU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Passing_Sc2071_Clare20Ruth20Negga20and20Irene20Tessa20Thompson20on20the20Stoop20Reverse20Angle_CR2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall on 'Passing'\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-157461\" \/><figcaption>PASSING &#8211; (L-R) RUTH NEGGA as CLARE and TESSA THOMPSON as IRENE. Cr: Netflix \u00a9\u00a02021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two African American women who can \u201cpass\u201d as white choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York in this exploration of racial and gender identity, performance, obsession, and repression. Based on the novella by Nella Larsen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director: <\/strong>Rebecca Hall\u00a0 (via <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.sundance.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sundance<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Passing&#8217; Synopsis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Negga), who can \u201cpass\u201d as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York. After a chance encounter reunites the former childhood friends one summer afternoon, Irene reluctantly allows Clare into her home, where she ingratiates herself to Irene\u2019s husband (Andr\u00e9 Holland) and family, and soon her larger social circle as well. As their lives become more deeply intertwined, Irene finds her once-steady existence upended by Clare, and PASSING becomes a riveting examination of obsession, repression and the lies people tell themselves and others to protect their carefully constructed realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acclaimed upon its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, PASSING marks the directorial debut of Rebecca Hall, who also adapted the screenplay. The film intimately uses the notion of \u201cpassing\u201d to explore not just racial identity but gender and the responsibilities of motherhood, sexuality and the performance of femininity. PASSING also stars Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Alexander Skarsgard; and is produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi (p.g.a.), Forest Whitaker (p.g.a.), Margot Hand (p.g.a.), Rebecca Hall (p.g.a.). (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall on &#8216;Passing&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>blackfilm.com correspondent Koku Tona sat with Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, and Rebecca Hall to discuss &#8216;Passing&#8217; the critically acclaimed film that debuted at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Passing is in theaters now, and will stream on Netflix November 10th, 2021. Watch the press junkets below and let us know what you think! 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