PASSING - Sundance Film Festival: Columbia (Satellite Screen)

201 Columbia Mall Boulevard,Columbia SC 29223

30 January, 2021

Description

Director: Rebecca Hall Narrative, World Premiere U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Rebecca Hall, Producers: Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Margot Hand, Rebecca Hall) 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. Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp. World Premiere / U.S Dramatic Competition The Luminal Theater is partnering with the 2021 Sundance Film Festival to represent Columbia, South Carolina as one of their Satellite Screens from January 28th to February 3, 2021. Centering the aesthetics, values, and needs of the Carolinas, we are presenting local events with South Carolina and North Carolina partners, sharing local cultural conversations with broader Festival audiences, and of course these screen selections from the 2021 program.