Rebecca Hauer's Imposter Skin premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and will be available on Netflix on November 10.
The film is based on Neller Larsen's 1929 novel of the same name.
Set in the Harlem neighborhood of New York in the 1920s, Claire and Irene are light-skinned blacks who can impersonate whites. Growing up, pretty Claire married a wealthy white businessman who had racist ideas but knew nothing about her identity, while Irene married a black doctor.
Since Claire has no friends after pretending to be white, she often takes advantage of her husband's business trips to visit Irene's home, but she develops a good relationship with Irene's husband.