I think in any family that has a legacy of passing, it’s very tricky, because, sadly, you inherit all of the shame and none of the pride… I was in these fancy private English boarding schools and everyone gets picked up in Range Rovers, y’know? I’m going to and fro in a taxi and everyone looks at my mother and it’s like, “Ooooh! Isn’t she exotic!” — Rebecca Hall
Hall is in town for a series of American Cinematheque screenings and conversations.
PASSING—the actor’s directorial debut, based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen—will screen on Sunday in Santa Monica, followed by a conversation with Hall and Claudia Puig.
And starting this weekend in Los Feliz, the writer-director presents a series of early- and mid-twentieth-century films that share some of the themes of perception and identification addressed in PASSING. See links below for details.
IMITATION OF LIFE (John Stahl)
Saturday, December 4, at 1:30 pm
Los Feliz 3
1822 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles
Sunday, December 5, at 5 pm
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica
SHADOWS (John Cassavetes) and VEILED ARISTOCRATS (Oscar Micheaux)
Saturday, December 11, at 1:30 pm
Los Feliz 3
1822 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles
Rebecca Hall, Passing (2021), from top: Ruth Negga (left) and Tessa Thompson (2); Andre Holland and Thompson; Thompson; U.S. poster; Negga; Negga and Alexander Skarsgård; Rebecca Hall (right) with Negga (center) and Thompson on set. Images courtesy and © Netflix.
