


Making a movie of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, one of the great works of the Harlem Renaissance-and, I’d argue, a great American novel-would be tricky in any era. Ruth Negga's Clare (left) and Tessa Thompson's Irene in a still from Passing. Rebecca Hall’s adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel continues the author’s exploration of the suffocating strictures of the color line.
