As a first-time director, Hall draws on her family history in contemplating complex issues of the past that remain hot topics.
When Rebecca Hall closed the cover on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel “Passing,” she opened a new page in her career. Hall wrote a screenplay based on the book in 20 days and, 13 years later, made it her directorial debut.stars Tessa Thompson as Irene, a middle-class housewife from Harlem, and Ruth Negga as Clare, a childhood friend and bon vivant passing for white and married to an overt racist.
Negga had no hesitation working with a first-time director on such delicate subject matter. “When we had a conversation I felt like a witness to this passion and this vision she had,” says Negga, who is in New York rehearsing “Macbeth” opposite Daniel Craig for a Broadway opening in the spring. “Coming from a similar background you understand all of the unsaids. She understands and is compassionate for the process.
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