USA,
2021, 98 min
Directed by:
Rebecca HallScreenplay:
Rebecca HallCinematography:
Eduard GrauComposer:
Devonté HynesCast:
Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Alexander Skarsgård, André Holland, Doris McCarthy, Derek Roberts, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (more)VOD (1)
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Two African-American women who can "pass" as white choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929 New York in an exploration of racial and gender identity, performance, obsession and repression. Based on the novella by Nella Larsen. (Sundance Film Festival)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2022 - Ruth Negga (Best Supporting Female)
- 2022 - Eduard Grau (Best Cinematography)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2022 - Tessa Thompson (Best Leading Actress)
- 2022 - Ruth Negga (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2022 - Forest Whitaker, Margot Hand, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Rebecca Hall (Outstanding British Film)
- 2022 - Rebecca Hall (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer)
Golden Globes
- 2022 - Ruth Negga (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2021 - Ruth Negga (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2021 - Best First Film
Sundance Film Festival
- 2021 - U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic