Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson,” starring John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler, is based on August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

This film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play falters in some specifics, but is still vital viewing.

Malcolm Washington makes his directorial debut in the new film, “The Piano Lesson,” based on an August Wilson play about an heirloom piano at the center of one family.

Alexandre Desplat channeled his love of Duke Ellington into the score of 'The Piano Lesson,' Malcolm Washington's feature directorial debut.

The Netflix horror musical film ‘The Piano Lesson’ transports the viewers to the aftermath of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Doaker Charles household houses an heirloom piano that carries the marks carved by the family’s ancestors who were enslaved on the same land.

MY SAY This is a story told largely inside the Charles home, engaging with the ghosts of the past and the pain of repressed memories as exemplified by the piano. It is heavy with metaphor and symbolism, exploring the ways in which the objects passed down through generations carry with them the burdens of history.

As part of Denzel Washington’s agreement with August Wilson’s estate to bring all ten plays in the Century Cycle to the silver screen, The Piano Lesson, directed by Denzel’s son Malcolm in his feature debut,

The August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson" is an impassioned family drama but it is also a profound ghost story.

As the youngest son of Denzel Washington, Malcolm Washington knows a thing or two about legacy. He joins Q's Tom Power to discuss his directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson's play of the same name.