| Pass Over | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Spike Lee(directed by) Danya Taymor(created in collaboration with and directed for the stage by) |
| Screenplay by | Antoinette Nwandu |
| Produced by | Spike Lee |
| Starring | Jon Michael Hill Julian Parker Ryan Hallahan Blake DeLong |
| Cinematography | Chayse Irvin |
| Edited by | Hye Mee Na |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Amazon Studios[2] |
Release dates | |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pass Over is a 2018 American drama film directed bySpike Lee, and starringJon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan andBlake DeLong. It is a performance of the play of the same name byAntoinette Nwandu, directed for the stage byDanya Taymor, and filmed by Spike Lee.[3]
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 poetic, funny, at times profane 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.
The film was shot in 2017 at theSteppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.[4] The stage production was directed byDanya Taymor and the film recording of the performance was directed by Spike Lee.
The film premiered at the2018 Sundance Film Festival.[5] It was then released viaAmazon Prime on April 20, 2018.[6]
The film has a 93% rating onRotten Tomatoes.[7] Chuck Bowen ofSlant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four.[8] Chris Nashawaty ofEntertainment Weekly graded the film a B.[9] Nick Allen ofRogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars.[10] Bradley Gibson ofFilm Threat gave the film a 8 out of 10.[11]
The Hollywood Reporter gave it a positive review, calling it "More powerful than its filmed-play format might suggest."[12]