Pass Over

2018 American film

January 2018 (2018-01) (Sundance)^[1]
April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)

Running time

75 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Pass Over is a 2018 American drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan and Blake DeLong. It is a performance of the play of the same name by Antoinette Nwandu, directed for the stage by Danya Taymor and filmed by Spike Lee.^[3]

Cast

Jon Michael Hill as Moses
Julian Parker as Kitch
Ryan Hallahan as Master
Blake DeLong as Ossifer

Production

The film was shot in 2017 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.^[4] The stage production was directed by Danya Taymor and the film recording of the performance was directed by Spike Lee.

Release

The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.^[5] It was then released via Amazon Prime on April 20, 2018.^[6]

Reception

The film has a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[7] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four.^[8] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly graded the film a B.^[9] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars.^[10] Bradley Gibson of Film 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]

References

^ Jones, Chris (5 December 2017). "Spike Lee secretly filmed 'Pass Over' at Steppenwolf". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Pass Over (2018)- Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pass-over-2018
^ Evangelista, Chris (29 March 2018). "'Pass Over' Trailer: Spike Lee Brings Antoinette Nwandu's Play to Amazon". Slash Film. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Musnicky, Sarah (29 March 2018). "Spike Lee's Pass Over Hits Amazon Prime on April 20". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Mudano, Mike (29 March 2018). "Spike Lee's Pass Over to Stream on Amazon Prime in April". Paste. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ "Pass Over". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
^ Bowen, Chuck (18 April 2018). "Review: Pass Over". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Nashawaty, Chris (19 April 2018). "Spike Lee tackles a timely play in Pass Over: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Allen, Nick (20 April 2018). "Pass Over". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ Gibson, Bradley (23 May 2018). "Pass Over". Film Threat. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^ THR Staff (30 January 2018). "'Pass Over': Film Review; Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

Pass Over at IMDb
Pass Over at Rotten Tomatoes

Spike Lee

Films
directed

Feature films	She's Gotta Have It (1986) School Daze (1988) Do the Right Thing (1989) Mo' Better Blues (1990) Jungle Fever (1991) Malcolm X (1992) Crooklyn (1994) Clockers (1995) Girl 6 (1996) Get on the Bus (1996) He Got Game (1998) Summer of Sam (1999) Bamboozled (2000) 25th Hour (2002) She Hate Me (2004) Inside Man (2006) Miracle at St. Anna (2008) Red Hook Summer (2012) Oldboy (2013) Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) Chi-Raq (2015) BlacKkKlansman (2018) Da 5 Bloods (2020) High and Low (TBA)
Documentaries and filmed staged productions	4 Little Girls (1997) Freak (1998) The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) Jim Brown: All-American (2002) When the Levees Broke (2006) Kobe Doin' Work (2009) Passing Strange (2009) If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010) Bad 25 (2012) Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016) Rodney King (2017) Pass Over (2018) American Utopia (2020)
Other films	Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983) Lumière and Company (1995, segment) The Concert for New York City (2001, segment "Come Rain or Come Shine") Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002, segment "We Wuz Robbed") All the Invisible Children (2005, segment "Jesus Children of America")