Passing, the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall, is a film about identity — specifically, the identity of Black women living on the racial margins during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. It’s fitting, then, that Hall — whose multiracial grandfather passed for white — staffed her crew with such Black women as costume designer Marci Rodgers, hair department head Barbara Roman and production designer Nora Mendis, who share a personal connection to the themes, setting and original novel on which Passing is based.
The film, an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, centers on the reunion of childhood friends ...
The film, an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, centers on the reunion of childhood friends ...
- 11/3/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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