The film adaptation of August Wilson's play 'The Piano Lesson' stars John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Danielle Deadwyler.
the trailer, released Wednesday, Boy Willie and his niece rest their hands on the sculpted figures of an age-old piano, reflecting on the racial history of the instrument.“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,” a synopsis reads. In the film, Boy Willie attempts to sell the treasured instrument, but his sister Berniece refuses to let the family heirloom go.
“Every family has a history, stories from the past that inform the present; an origin story,” Washington continued. “Ultimately this story is much bigger than me and my family — it, like the Black American experience, is an interconnected web of stories that span space and time. I hope that when audiences experience our film, they see themselves on the screen and hear the voices of their ancestors calling to them, offering peace and protection.
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