In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who’s passing as white. Their unexpected reunion ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities. Rebecca Hall makes her directorial debut with this intimate drama of racial identity starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, based on the novel by Nella Larsen.
Passing
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OCOpen Caption screening
Additional program content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly. Details HERE
Thursday, Sep 4
7:15Showtimes updated on Tuesday evenings
This series is presented with generous support from:
Passing
Pre-recorded introduction by Series Curator Tayler Montague
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
"It's one of the rare adaptations that catches the essence of literary style in its images and its tones."
"A lesser director, working in a clunky-realism vein with less skilled designers and especially performers, might’ve turned Passing into a conventional something or other. In novel form, and in Hall’s beautiful adaptation, it is anything but conventional."
This film is part of the REMIX: The Black Experience in Film, Media, and Art series.
This series is presented with generous support from:
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