Pass Over

Name: Pass Over
Genre: Drama
Released: April 20, 2018
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Blake DeLong, Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan

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Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): April 20, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Blake DeLong, Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan

Summary: Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner. Periodically ducking bullets and managing visits from a genial but ominous stranger and an overtly hostile police officer, Moses and Kitch rely on their banter to get them through a day that is a hopeless retread of every other day,Moses and Kitch, two young black men, chat their way through a long, aimless day on a Chicago street corner. Periodically ducking bullets and managing visits from a genial but ominous stranger and an overtly hostile police officer, Moses and Kitch rely on their banter to get them through a day that is a hopeless retread of every other day, even as they continue to dream of their deliverance.… Expand

Director: Danya Taymor and Spike Lee

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 74 min

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The Guardian Arifa Akbar

Jun 11, 2020

As a drama, Pass Over is a masterful tragedy. As a reflection of the world, it is all too real and utterly woeful. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Apr 20, 2018

True to Lee’s reputation of playing with the chemistry of storytelling, Pass Over has the air of an experiment and the clarity of poetry, as inspired by the news and told by artistry beyond far beyond Lee’s. In the grand scheme of his filmography it’s one of his smaller projects, but it is by no means a minor work. Read full review

The Film Stage Daniel Schindel

Apr 4, 2018

Once again, Spike Lee has found an innovative theatrical production and brought it to blistering cinematic life. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 4, 2018

Lee draws us into the characters' space, judiciously using direct-address at the very end when all this inaction turns suddenly consequential. Pass Over is no happier in the end than the play that inspired it or the real events that inform how we interpret it Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Apr 19, 2018

Hopefully, Nwandu's compact tale, so rich with jarring authenticity and boldly configured social commentary, can now reach a wide and appreciative audience via Lee's provocative, propulsive film. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Apr 19, 2018

The dialogue mixes Sunday school and the streets, and it’s funny, profane, and occasionally poignant when it’s not a bit too on the nose. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 18, 2018

Pass Over spins African-American hardship into existential myth, suggesting along the way such plays as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit. Read full review

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