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“#Passing is Headed to Netflix \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Netflix has purchased\u00a0Passing<\/em><\/strong>, the Sundance movie from director Rebecca Hall<\/strong> that stars Tessa Thompson<\/strong> and Ruth Negga<\/strong>. Based on the 1929 novel by\u00a0Nella Larsen, the film follows two Black women living in 1920s New York. One of the women, played by Negga, passes for white and even has a white husband who doesn\u2019t know she\u2019s Black \u2013 a decision that her friend, played by Thompson, grapp<\/a>les with. It\u2019s a film that deals with\u00a0race, gender, identity, and sexuality, and it\u2019s received positive reviews following its recent Sundance premiere.<\/p>\n

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PASSING, the Sundance directorial debut from Rebecca Hall, is officially coming to Netflix!<\/p>\n

Starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga as two childhood friends, the film \u2014 shot in gorgeous black-and-white \u2014 is an exploration of racial identity set in 1920s New York. pic.twitter.com\/l7AWwrYfXE<\/a>
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Netflix made the announcement via their Twitter<\/a> account \u2013\u00a0Passing<\/em> is headed to the streaming service. There\u2019s no date yet, but since the film is finished there\u2019s a good chance we could see it this year. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Netflix tried to hold it until November or December with hopes of getting awards season attention, because it\u2019s certainly a film that could land a few nominations.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Passing<\/em>, \u201cIrene Redfield (Tessa Thompson), a refined, upper-class 1920s woman, finds breezy refuge from a hot summer day in the grand tearoom of New York City\u2019s Drayton Hotel. Across the room, she spots a blond woman staring her down. Irene wants to steal away, but before she can, Clare Kendry (Ruth Negga) rushes over to stop her. It turns out the two were in high school together, and while both are African American women who can \u2018pass\u2019 as white, they have chosen to live on opposite sides of the color line. Now, their renewed acquaintance threatens them both.\u201d<\/p>\n

The official Sundance page for the film describes it as \u201can elegant psychological thriller about obsession, repression, and the lies people tell themselves and others to protect their carefully constructed realities.\u201d While I agree that it\u2019s an elegant film about obsession, repression, and lies, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d go so far as to call it a \u201cpsychological thriller.\u201d However, it\u00a0is<\/em> quite good. I reviewed the film at the festival and wrote:<\/p>\n

Thompson and Negga are transcendent in their respective roles. Negga\u2019s Clare gets to have more fun, and since the film is told entirely through Irene\u2019s POV, Clare remains something of a mystery to us just as she does to Irene \u2013 we don\u2019t\u00a0really\u00a0<\/em>know what\u2019s going on in her head. But Negga gives us hints through silent, weighted glances that seem to say so much without saying anything. Thompson, in contrast, is a bundle of nervous energy. She adopts an almost Mid-Atlantic accent to make the character seem extra-propper while playing Irene as someone so rigid that she might crack. Thompson has continually turned in memorable work but this might be her finest performance to date.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to The Wrap<\/a>, Netflix shelled out something close to\u00a0$16 million to acquire the rights to the film.<\/p>\n

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