The Piano Lesson (2024)

Movie Details

Original Title The Piano Lesson

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 1.3

Cast

John David Washington

Boy Willie

Popularity: 1.9

Danielle Deadwyler

Berniece Charles

Popularity: 3.4

Samuel L. Jackson

Doaker Charles

Popularity: 8.3

Ray Fisher

Lymon

Popularity: 2.1

Michael Potts

Wining Boy

Popularity: 3.4

Corey Hawkins

Avery

Popularity: 1.2

Gail Bean

Dolly

Popularity: 0.7

Jerrika Hinton

Grace

Popularity: 1.2

Stephan James

Boy Charles

Popularity: 4.5

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Skylar Aleece Smith

Maretha

Popularity: 0.0

Erykah Badu

Lucille

Popularity: 1.0

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Malik J Ali

Willie Boy

Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Executive Producer Constanza Romero, Jennifer Roth, Katia Washington

Producer Denzel Washington, Todd Black

Director Malcolm Washington

Screenplay Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington

Editor Leslie Jones

Production

Mundy Lane Entertainment

Escape Artists

Videos & Trailers

Malcolm Washington on his film THE PIANO LESSON

Featurette

Denzel Washington and Malcolm Washington on How The Piano Lesson Was Made

Behind the Scenes

Malcolm Washington On His Vision for The Piano Lesson

Behind the Scenes

The Cast of The Piano Lesson Share Personal Experiences With Ancestors

Featurette

How Brothers Malcolm & John David Washington Hit the Right Notes in ‘The Piano Lesson’

Featurette

The Cast of The Piano Lesson Share Superstitions From Set

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

heirloom based on play or musical family piano 1930s former slave

Reviews from TMDB

Brent Marchant 5/10

Dec 3, 2024

When a gifted playwright’s work is adapted for the big screen, the transition from one medium to another can be quite challenging to pull off successfully. And, if the adaptation gets it wrong, it fails to do justice to the source material, an outcome that often unfairly reinforces the blanket den ... Read more

r96sk 7/10

Jan 2, 2025

<em>'The Piano Lesson'</em>, despite peaks and troughs, is largely a good watch. I could feel my interest increase and decrease fairly consistently throughout though, so no doubting more could've been done to keep me more interested - but that I still was, in fairness. John David Washington and S ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Jan 17, 2025

This is based on August Wilson's play and you'll never be in any doubt it came from the stage. The style of presentation and the construction of the story is entirely theatrical and that didn't really work so well for me on a big screen. It's all about a piano. "Boy Wille" (John David Washington) th ... Read more