The Piano Lesson
2024, PG-13, 125 min.
Directed by Malcolm Washington, Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher.
A pair of siblings clash over what to do with the family’s prized heirloom piano. Adapted from August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Malcolm Washington, whose brother stars and whose dad, Denzel, previously adapted Fences, another Wilson masterpiece.
This article appears in November 8 • 2024.
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