Netflix is nearing a $16 million deal to acquire the rights to “Passing,” Rebecca Hall’s period racial drama starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga that premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, according to two insiders with knowledge of the deal.
Hall made her directorial debut on the film that is set in 1920s New York and stars Thompson and Negga as two Black women who have been able to “pass” as white due to their lighter-colored skin.
Hall also wrote the screenplay based on a 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, and the film is shot in a silky black and white.