An exclusive conversation with Rebecca Hall about her acclaimed upcoming directorial debut PASSING

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. Mixedrace childhood friends reunite in middle class adulthood and become increasingly involved with one another s lives and insecurities. While Irene identifies as AfricanAmerican and is married to a black doctor, Clare passes as white and has married a prejudiced, but wealthy white man. About Marthas Vineyard AfricanAmerican Film Festival Established in 2002, the Marthas Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) is an AcademyAward accredited Black Film Festival where independent and established African American filmmakers can showcase, sc