
A Brief But Spectacular take on ‘Passing,’ racial identity
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Rebecca Hall's Brief But Spectacular take on ‘Passing’ and racial identity
Rebecca Hall has been on-screen since age 10, but in her new film "Passing" she steps into the director role for the first time. It is based on a novel that was written in 1929 by Nella Lawson at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Hall shares her Brief But Spectacular take on "Passing" and on her own racial identity as part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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A Brief But Spectacular take on ‘Passing,’ racial identity
Clip: 1/12/2022 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Rebecca Hall has been on-screen since age 10, but in her new film "Passing" she steps into the director role for the first time. It is based on a novel that was written in 1929 by Nella Lawson at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Hall shares her Brief But Spectacular take on "Passing" and on her own racial identity as part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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