Drama based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 Harlem Renaissance novel.Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing in a $15m deal that sets up an awards heavyweight for next season.It is the second major acquisition by a streamer after Apple paid $25m last weekend for the world on Sian Heder’s feel-good family story Coda.Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga play Irene and Clare, former high school friends who run into each other as adults and discover how far apart life has taken them.Passing’: Sundance ReviewWhile both black women can pass themselves off as white,
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