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90% Tomatometer 251 Reviews. 86% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings. NEW. In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former ...
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- Rebecca Hall
- PG-13
- Tessa Thompson
Nov 9, 2021 · Passing (2021) review – a delicate exploration of grey areas. Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga shine in Rebecca Hall’s Passing. This review of the Netflix film Passing (2021) does not contain spoilers. The practice of racially Passing through society to assimilate into the white majority is not a hobby to pass the time or a taste of the good life.
Feb 25, 2022 · Passing opens on a simmering summer day in the 1920s, as Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) chances a shopping trip downtown, beyond the safety of Harlem’s boundaries. As she brushes shoulders with a store's exclusively white clientele, she hides beneath a wide-brimmed hat, as though trying to disappear even when directly interacting with the clerk.
Oct 27, 2021 · August Wilson’s metaphorical tangent struck me as ironic because, as I wrote in my review, “it seems the only way for a Black man to enjoy the same freedom as his White counterpart in the 1920s is to broker a deal with Beelzebub.” But I understood why Eliza Cottor made that arrangement.
Nov 10, 2021 · Irene is passing as content with her upper middle-class life and her status as a doctor's wife. America is passing as a democratic nation, despite its relegation of its darker citizens to a...
Jan 30, 2021 · ‘Passing’ Review: Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Shine in Rebecca Hall’s Elegant, Searing Period Piece. First-time director Hall goes behind the camera to adapt Nella Larsen's seminal novel,...
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Nov 10, 2021 · In a new Netflix movie, Nella Larsen's Harlem Renaissance novel comes to life. Nearly a century later, this story of a fraught friendship between two Black women remains painfully relevant.
