The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
Genres Drama ,Music
Directors Malcolm Washington
Writer Virgil Williams
Country United States
Votes 4793
IMDBID tt15507512
Runtime 127
Languages English
Release 08 Nov, 2024
Follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which is decorated with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor. The play focuses on the arguments between a brother and a sister who have different ideas on what to do with the piano. The brother, Boy Willie, is a sharecropper who wants to sell the piano to buy the land (Sutter's land) where his ancestors toiled as slaves. The sister, Berniece, remains emphatic about keeping the piano, which shows the carved faces of their great-grandfather's wife and son during the days of their enslavement.
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