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1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › passing-movie-review-2021Passing movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert

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   Oct 27, 2021 · There’s heavy material here, but “Passing” doesn’t belabor its points. When Brian rightfully tries to warn his sons about the racist trouble they’ll face in the world, Irene argues that they should have some innocence in their youth.

2. www.newyorker.com › culture › the-front-row“Passing,” Reviewed: Rebecca Hall’s Anguished Vision of Black ...

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   Nov 9, 2021 · “Passing,” Reviewed: Rebecca Hall’s Anguished Vision of Black Identity. With a remarkable fusion of substance and style, Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel unfolds inner lives along...

3. www.npr.org › 2021/11/10 › 1054025599Essay: 'Passing,' by Nella Larsen : NPR

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   Nov 10, 2021 · 'Passing' — the original 1929 novel — is disturbingly brilliant. November 10, 20215:00 AM ET. By. Carole V. Bell. Enlarge this image. Passing, by Nella Larsen. Signet Classics. Editor's note:...

4. www.goodreads.com › book › showPassing by Nella Larsen - Goodreads

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   Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the upcoming Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. This Signet Classics edition of Passing includes an Introduction by Brit Bennett, the bestselling author of The Vanishing Half. Irene Redfield is a Black woman living an ...

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5. www.penguin.co.uk › articles › 2021Passing: how the Nella Larsen book and the Netflix film compare

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   Oct 27, 2021 · In her new film Passing, writer-director Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Larsen’s classic Harlem Renaissance novel, first published in 1929. The story sees two fair-skinned African-American women, Irene Redford and Clare Kendry, reunited after 12 years apart.

6. www.whattowatch.com › reviews › passing-film-review‘Passing’ review: a restrained study of race and identity ...

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   Feb 25, 2022 · Passing — based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name — makes much effort to emulate the delicate subtlety of its source material. This decision often feels to the detriment of the film, leaving too much unsaid and unexplored.

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   Is passing based on a true story?

   • Rebecca Hall’s directorial début, “Passing,” based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, is one of the rare book adaptations that brings a literary style to the screen. The film’s sense of style is more than mere ornament; it embodies the confrontation with circumstances—practical, emotional, historical—at the heart of the story.

   “Passing,” Reviewed: Rebecca Hall’s Anguished Vision of Black Identity

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   What does the film 'passing' really mean?

   • The film’s stress on perception goes to the heart of passing: determining what is around us. Passing is about the power, and the problem, of deciding who and what we are, who and what we can be—the power to define categories and detect belonging.

   How Netflix’s Passing Differs From the Classic Book

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   Is 'passing' a good movie?

   • It’s a masterful balance of tone. And even though we anticipate the ending, it comes with a surprising amount of empathy and sadness, two things that were always subtly present during the runtime. “Passing” put me in a very thoughtful mode of allusion and pattern-gathering.

   Passing movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert

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   Is passing on Netflix 2021?

   • Netflix © 2021 The film Passing, which adapts Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel and is now available streaming on Netflix, opens with a profusion of confusing sights and sounds. We strain to detect what we see and hear. Is that traffic?

   How Netflix’s Passing Differs From the Classic Book

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   Is there a Netflix movie based on Nella Larsen's 'passing'?

   • Passing Netflix movie: How the adaptation differs from Nella Larsen’s classic book. Almost one hundred years after the novel’s publication, this film stokes the “wild desire” its author originally depicted. Ruth Negga (L) and Tessa Thompson (R) in Passing. Netflix © 2021

   How Netflix’s Passing Differs From the Classic Book

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   Who wrote 'passing'?

   • The influential sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois reviewed it favorably in the NAACP's Crisis magazine. Calling Passing one of the finest novels of the year, Du Bois wrote that Larsen explained "the psychology of the thing; the reaction of it on friend and enemy. It is a difficult task, but she attacks the problem fearlessly and with consummate art."

   Essay: 'Passing,' by Nella Larsen : NPR

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   Nov 12, 2021 · The film Passing, which adapts Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel and is now available streaming on Netflix, opens with a profusion of confusing sights and sounds. We strain to detect what we see and...