Passing, Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut, opens with a sense of trepidation. The film’s protagonist, Irene, played by [url]Tessa Thompson[/url]https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a38279611/why-hollywood-is-embracing-black-and-white-again/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en, enters a New York City hotel in the 1920s, hiding herself under her hat presumably because she doesn’t belong.