Behind the Scenes of Passing with Director Rebecca Hall | Dolby Institute

It’s the late 1920s in New York. The Harlem Renaissance is at its peak and Blacks and Whites live separate lives intersecting only where they must. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, Passing follows two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color divide.     Making her directorial debut and written for the screen by award-winning actress Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3, The Town) Passing is a compelling drama about racial identity, obsession, injustice, and the pain of denying your true self.     Hear how filmmaker Rebecca Hall, sound designer Jacob Ribicoff, and composer Devonté Hynes used Dolby Atmos to capture the interior lives of the characters and to portray the quieter moments in an “atmospheric” way.     Passing was awarded the Dolby Institute Fellowship in 2021 and premiered at Sundance. This post-production grant, allowed the filmma