Ruth Negga on her latest role – as a black woman passing for white | News Today

Ruth Negga stars in Passing, a film that follows two black women living in 1920s New York.

One of them, Clare Kendry played by Negga, “passes” for white and has a white husband who does not know she is black.

Based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 book, the film received rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival.

Film director Rebecca Hall and star Ruth Negga tell BBC News why their film is so relevant to audiences today.