Pass Over (2018)

Pass Over: Directed by Spike Lee, Danya Taymor. With Jon Michael Hill, Julian Parker, Ryan Hallahan, Blake DeLong. Two young men pass the time dreaming of the promised land.

“Spike Lee only shot the performance, itu0026#39;s not directed or written by him. So that takes out half the low scores here, which donu0026#39;t even discuss the content.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePass Over a powerful, funny tragedy, taking the basic setup and some of the absurdity of Waiting for Godot, and applying it to the eternal hellish limbo of two struggling young black man. Spending their lives on an anonymous Chicago block, theyu0026#39;re unable to escape the nightly police violence and u0026#39;pass overu0026#39; into the peaceful existence they dream of.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe cast is superb all-round, and even considering it is predominantly a document of the play, there are in fact some affecting and apt editing decisions made by Lee throughout.”