Exclusive: The Piano Lesson cast interviews
Premiering on Netflix on November 22 is the film adaptation to August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. The film is directed and co-written by Malcolm Washington in his feature directorial debut.
Co-written with Virgil Williams and based on the play written by August Wilson, the cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean, with Danielle Deadwyler and Corey Hawkins. Also featured in the film are Olivia Washington and Pauletta Washington.
A battle is brewing in the Charles Household. At the center stands a prized heirloom piano tearing two siblings apart. On one side, a brother (John David Washington) plans to build the family fortune by selling it. On the other, a sister (Danielle Deadwyler) will go to any lengths to hold onto the sole vestige of the family’s heritage. Their uncle (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to mediate, but even he can’t hold back the ghosts of the past.
Adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork, THE PIANO LESSON explores the intergenerational dynamics of identity, resilience and transcendence - revealing startling truths about how we perceive the past and who gets to define our legacy.
The film is produced by Denzel Washington, p.g.a., and Todd Black, p.g.a. Executive produced by Jennifer Roth, Constanza Romero Wilson, and Katia Washington, the Director of Photography is Michael Gioulakis, ASC and the Editor is Leslie Jones, ACE
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to The Piano Lesson interviews with John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Potts, Ray Fisher, director Malcolm Washington, and producer Denzel Washington
