Exclusive: Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga talk Rebecca Hall's Passing
Now playing on Netflix is actress Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut titled Passing, starring Tessa Thompson and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga. The film had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, followed by several festival runs.
Also featured in the film are André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp, Ashley Ware Jenkins, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy and Gbenga Akinnagbe.
Based on Nella Larsen’s Harlem Renaissance novel of the same name from 1929, Passing, which was shot in black-and-white, follows the events set off by a reunion of two childhood friends named Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield, who are both mixed race women. The film is an exploration of racial identity set in 1920s New York.
Passing is written and directed by actress Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, Christine). The film is produced by Hall, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, and Margot Hand with Thompson and Negga also set as executive producers.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Thompson and Negga about their roles and working with Hall on her first feature.
