A conversation with Rebecca Hall and her new film PASSING, colorism and honoring her black history

A conversation with Rebecca Hall and her new film PASSING, colorism and honoring her black history Netflix hosted an exclusive conversation with Rebecca Hall about her acclaimed upcoming directorial debut PASSING, starring Tessa Thompson and Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga. Based on the novel by Nella Larsen, the film follows two Black women, Irene (tessa Thompson) & Clare (Ruth Negga) who can pass as white and choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York. Written and directed by Rebecca Hall. 00:00 Intros 1:16 Rebecca Hall talks about why she made a movie about PASSING 3:00 Rebecca Hall says the book Passing is extraordinarily modern 5:10 Rebecca Hall describes herself as a “film nerd“ 6:54 Rebecca Hall talks about her experience directing 9:00 Rebecca Hall speaks about not knowing her mothers family and being raised by someone who was hiding aspects of their life 10:53 Rebecca Hall talks about how she adapted Nella Larsen’s book “P