All that being said, I don't think that The Piano Lesson is a perfect film. The movie's pacing and runtime bogged it down at points, which is no doubt because it's an adaptation of a full stage play.

The leading man in Netflix's haunting new film has family ties to an Oscar-winning actor who recently starred in an epic blockbuster

Malcolm Washington’s feature-length directorial debut, ‘The Piano Lesson,’ is a historical drama film that scrutinizes the role of legacy and the past in building one’s current reality. The story takes place in Pittsburg in 1936 and centers around a family heirloom piano that rests in Doaker Charles’ household.

Netflix is previewing "The Piano Lesson," starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler.

Brothers John David and Malcolm Washington have teamed up to bring August Wilson's award winning play "The Piano Lesson" to the screen, with Malcolm directing his brother onscreen.

Directed by Malcolm Washington, ‘The Piano Lesson’ is a period drama that follows an African American family in 1936 Pittsburgh as they struggle with social and economic setbacks while debating the fate of their family piano.

But with “The Piano Lesson,” Wilson’s work has become a family affair. In 2015, Washington announced that he had made an arrangement with Wilson’s estate to adapt all ten of the plays included in Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle – also known as the Century Cycle.