Passing

In 1920s New York City, a black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

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 “pass” 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’s husband (André 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.

"[A] mesmerizing movie, which examines identity and desire on multiple levels, from race to class to sex." - Toronto Star

"Hall has crafted a work that's thoughtful, provocative and emotionally resonant." - Hollywood Reporter

"Passing is among the most major films that came out of this year's Sundance with its incisive lens focused on a gray area of racial identity rarely spelled out in contemporary cinema." - Harper's Bazaar

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