The Piano Lesson
Drama Music Horror English
A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.
| Cast: | John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Corey Hawkins, Gail Bean, Jerrika Hinton, Stephan James, Skylar Aleece Smith, Erykah Badu |
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| Director: | Malcolm Washington |
| Editor: | Leslie Jones |
| Camera: | Mike Gioulakis |
All Guild Reviews of "The Piano Lesson"
Near-Perfect Netflix Drama Finds John David Washington in Incendiary Form
Starring John David Washington and directed by his brother, Malcolm, the new Netflix movie is a tightly-wound drama about sibling bonds, inherited trauma, and the horrors of the past.
It is easy, one would imagine, for a filmmaker to be overwhelmed by the words of the great August Wilson. Especially if they’ve never made a film before. Musical and marauding, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s language is a vessel for the ambition and anger of his people. Netflix’s The Piano Lesson — the latest adaptation of Wilson’s celebrated Pittsburgh Cycle of plays — is directed by the debutante Malcolm Washington, whose father, the legendary Denzel Washington, has publicly devoted this stage of his career to shepherding Wilson’s work onto the screen.
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