Watch: Ruth Negga stars in Rebacca Hall's directorial debut 'Passing'

Netflix have released the trailer for Ruth Negga's newest film Passing, also starring Tessa Thompson.

The Oscar-nominated Ethiopian-Irish actress plays a black woman passing herself off as white during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York. Watch the trailer below.

Passing is the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall, who also adapted the screenplay from. the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen. It also stars Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Alexander Skarsgard, and is produced by Forest Whitaker.

Acclaimed upon its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, the film was acquired by Netflix and will be released in Irish cinemas on October 29, following on to the streaming service on November 10.

According to Netflix, Passing "tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Negga), who can 'pass' as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the colour line during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in late 1920s New York.

"After a chance encounter reunites the former childhood friends one summer afternoon, Irene reluctantly allows Clare into her home, where she ingratiates herself to Irene’s husband (André Holland) and family, and soon her larger social circle as well. As their lives become more deeply intertwined, Irene finds her once-steady existence upended by Clare, and Passing becomes a riveting examination of obsession, repression and the lies people tell themselves and others to protect their carefully constructed realities."

Passing will be released in Irish cinemas on October 29th.