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 "Passing"
11:23 Rebecca Hall talks about the question that Nella Larsen really raises
12:29 Rebecca Hall talks about the relationship between Irene & Clare and their differences
14:44 Chaz Ebert talks about the "one drop" rule in America
16:04 Rebecca Hall talks about her experience on the show "Finding Your Roots"
16:53 Rebecca Hall talks about her "white passing" and "indigenous passing" Grandfather
17:34 Rebecca Hall's great grandfather was a prominent race man and gave a toast at the White House honoring Fredrick Douglass
19:51 Rebecca Hall talks about the black history in her family and presenting as "white"
20:33 Rebecca Hall says she can't control how she presents but she can honor her history
21:14 Rebecca Hall talks about her choice to shoot the film in Black and White
22:10 Rebecca Hall talks about the big irony of black and white
23:10 Rebecca Hall talks about not making this film without black actors at the center of "Passing"
25:53 Chaz Ebert gives full disclosure about her involvement in the making of "Passing" and that she loves supporting women filmmakers
Mixed-race childhood friends reunite in middle class adulthood and become increasingly involved with one another's lives and insecurities. While Irene identifies as African-American and is married to a black doctor, Clare "passes" as white and has married a prejudiced, but wealthy white man.

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