Passing movie on Netflix brings a tale of two women at the height of Harlem renaissance and separated by the color line. The movie takes audiences along for an introspective, and deeply personal, journey that challenges our understanding of identity itself. It explores not just racial identity but gender and the responsibilities of motherhood, sexuality and the performance of femininity.
What is the Netflix Movie About?
Passing movie follows two black women in 1929, who can pass as white, but choose to live on the opposite sides of color line.
Set in the times of Harlem renaissance in New York, the two women and childhood friends meet again by chance one summer afternoon.
Irene reluctantly allows Clare into her home, where she ingratiates herself to Irene’s husband and family, and soon her larger social circle as well.
As their lives become more deeply intertwined, Irene finds her once-steady existence upended by Clare. The movie becomes a riveting examination of obsession, repression and the lies people tell themselves and others to protect their carefully constructed realities.
What is the Cast of Netflix Movie Passing?
Tessa Thompson plays Irene with Ruth Negga as Clare in the movie. Andre Holland, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy also star. Rebecca Hall adapts the novel of the same name by Nella Larsen for the movie.
Passing (2021)
Directed By: Rebecca Hall
Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe,
Network: Netflix
Release Date: November 10 2021
Genre: Drama
What is the Release Date of the Movie?
Passing premieres on Netflix on November 10 2021.
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