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- Actor/filmmaker Rebecca Hall had what she describes as a "real gasp" moment when she first read Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing.
Nov 30, 2021 · Actor/filmmaker Rebecca Hall had what she describes as a "real gasp" moment when she first read Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing. The book centers on two light-skinned African American women who...
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Nov 30, 2021 · Actor/filmmaker Rebecca Hall had what she describes as a "real gasp" moment when she first read Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing. The book centers on two light-skinned African...
Oct 26, 2021 · Hall first read Larsen’s novella, a small-shimmering gem of the Harlem Renaissance, more than 13 years ago. She was 25. Though the story struck a chord with Hall, as did the concept of racial passing, she didn’t entirely understand why.
Jan 18, 2022 · It wasn't until Hall first read "Passing," the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, that she finally began to understand why.
Jan 10, 2022 · Rebecca Hall’s personal journey to making her directing debut Passing started some 17 years ago when she read the 1929 novella by Nella Larsen.
Nov 18, 2021 · Hunte: And Rebecca wasn’t sure how to feel about it either—until she read a book, a novel. Hall: I read Passing first 13 years ago. Hunte: So Passing was actually written by Nella Larsen in...
Feb 11, 2022 · “When I first read the book, I didn’t understand why it moved me as much as it did,” she recalls. “I had to write the screenplay to try to [come] to grips with what I was feeling, the...
