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

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Posted Byadmin  03 Apr, 2025  

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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