Ruth Negga (born 1982) is an Ethiopian-Irish actress. For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the 2016 biographical romantic drama “Loving”, Negga received several major nominations from the ...

Larsen’s subject — two black women (played by Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga) who pass for white in 1920s New York — discombobulates contemporary thinking about race and social identity.

The five-minute film, written and directed by Rhys Raiskin, nods to Patou artistic director Guillaume Henry's passion for French cinema, in particular the New Wave era.