Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs cinematographer Eduard Grau was seeking his next project after “The Way Back,” he wanted to work with a director whose vision was to elevate the material into something intellectually profound.Actor Rebecca Hall, making her directing debut with “Passing,” proved to be the ideal partner. “She was already going in that direction, and focused on making a movie with visually striking poetry,” Grau says.Hall decided the adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel would be shot in black and white.
At the heart of the story are two Black women, Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white women but choose to live on opposing sides of the color line.
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