{"id":62965,"date":"2022-02-02T23:25:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=62965"},"modified":"2022-02-02T23:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:25:28","slug":"rebecca-hall-says-directing-passing-helped-unlock-black-family-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=62965","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Hall says directing \u2018Passing\u2019 helped \u2018unlock\u2019 Black family history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca Hall says directing \u2018Passing\u2019 helped \u2018unlock\u2019 Black family history<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

theGrio<\/a>
\n2021-11-10<\/p>\n

Mariel Turner<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Editor<\/p>\n

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Rebecca Hall<\/a> attends The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures<\/a> Opening Gala at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California<\/a>. (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It really gave me an access point into the history of my family that otherwise would have remained hidden,” the first-time director says<\/em><\/p>\n

Writing and directing Passing<\/em><\/a> has given Rebecca Hall<\/a> a host of things: critical acclaim, first-time directing experience and award season buzz. One thing she didn\u2019t expect, however, is the deep dive into her family\u2019s own history that the film spurred.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old actress-director told theGrio<\/em> exclusively that reading the 1929 novel<\/a> on which Passing<\/em> is based, and directing the film itself, helped her to uncover her own family\u2019s history of passing<\/a> and white assimilation. Hall, the daughter of Detroit<\/a> opera singer Maria Ewing<\/a> and Royal Shakespeare Company<\/a> founder Peter Hall<\/a>, confirmed that her grandfather was Black and white-passing…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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