#The Piano Lesson

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The Piano Lesson | Official Trailer | Netflix

A family clash over an heirloom piano explodes. The battle between brother (John David Washington) and sister (Danielle Deadwyler) — one hopes to sell it, the other refuses to give it up — unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived and who defines a family legacy.

Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins star in Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut based on the Pulitzer-prize winning August Wilson play.

In select theaters November and on Netflix November 22.

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Los Angeles Magazine Presents: The Leading Man Party Hosted By Cover Stars Colman Domingo, Sebastian Stan, And John David Washington- Nov 18, 2024

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Erik Tanner photographed John David Washington of "The Piano Lesson" for Netflix. 

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RAY FISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE MAN THAT YOU ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Another Denzel Washington son and Directing this:

The trailer looks awesome. I heard they are pushing this for awards especially in the acting catergories and script, Samuel L Jackson and Danielle Deadwyler for suporting actress. A great cast with also JD Washington, Ray Fisher. Denzel wife and daughter are in the movie,a family thing for sure.

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Ooo! This is exciting! 😁👏🏾 I love anything about piano 🎹 (I've been playing for years), and this cast looks amazing. 😊

I'm wondering if this is the same play/book I read in school? 🤔 I wonder if it's just a different adaptation? I recall reading this when I was younger. I think there was even a movie made years ago with the same name. 🤔 But I could be wrong.

Anyway, this is exciting! 😁 It's definitely a Washington family project indeed! That's awesome. 😁

Goodness, JDW sounds JUST like Denzel to me lol. Sounds like maybe he's improved in his acting skills also rotfl! 🤭🤭

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alfre woodard as berniece charles in the piano lesson

primetime emmy award nominee for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie

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A family clashes over an heirloom piano as one sibling wants to sell it and the other refuses to part with it. The fight "unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived and who defines a family legacy." (Netflix)

The Piano Lesson, based on the play by August Wilson, stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins. Malcolm Washington directs from a screenplay by Virgil Williams and Washington.

The Piano Lesson releases to Netflix on November 22, 2024, and is currently playing in select theaters.

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Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Netflix

Netflix's The Piano Lesson New York Tastemaker Screening

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: Rufus Sewell attends Netflix's The Piano Lesson New York Tastemaker Screening at The Whitby Hotel on October 21, 2024 in New York City.

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A film by Malcolm Washington. THE PIANO LESSON stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins.

In select theaters November 8 and on Netflix November 22.

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Danielle Deadwyler covers the Women in Hollywood Issue of Elle Magazine.

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Variety's Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actress include:

• Monica Barbaro – ‘A COMPLETE UNKNOWN’

• Danielle Deadwyler – ‘THE PIANO LESSON’

• Ariana Grande – ‘WICKED’

• Saoirse Ronan – ‘BLITZ’

• Zoe Saldaña – ‘EMILIA PÉREZ’

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The Piano Lesson | Official Trailer | Netflix

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ray fisher the legend and the icon that you are!!!

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First look of #ThePianoLesson,

Streaming on #Netflix, November 22

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2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)

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2023: The Year that Should Have Been Samuel L. Jackson's

Anyone who follows my blog knows I really like Samuel L. Jackson. I don't know him personally or anything. I just think he seems fun. I like how he says he makes the kinds of movies he would want to see as a kid (and isn't precious about the ~art~ of acting). Brie Larson also said some things in the Captain Marvel press tour about how confident he is, and now sometimes I think "Pretend you are Samuel L. Jackson" when I feel anxious in a work situation.

Some other things I like about him:

He was expelled from Morehouse College for his acts of civil disobedience. Though I can't say I support some of his later criminal acts or drug use.

I enjoy the random fun fact that he was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr's funeral.

Unlike a lot of the MCU actors, SLJ reads comics. He was the one who saw his face in The Ultimates and was like, "Uh. WTF, Marvel?" just because he happened to read it. (Companies are not allowed to use an individual's likeness without their consent, he could have sued Marvel, instead he made a deal for them to put him in movies if they made them.)

Regarding the above, I think a lot is said about how Feige and Favreau were such visionaries to create the MCU. And obviously they did the work. But I think SLJ saw it even earlier. (Ultimates came out in 2002, six years before Iron Man would happen and the deal he made would pan out.)

I know SLJ has made some bad movies. Some are fun bad. Some are just bad. But he has a way of making even the worst dialogue interesting. (IDK. I saw a teen spy movie he was in with Hailee Steinfeld and Sophie Turner. They are both actresses that I like, but any scene he wasn't in was kind of boring. And I was like, "Whoa how did you make me pay attention; I was falling asleep?")

Wow this post is long and I haven't even gotten to the point.

The point is that Secret Invasion should have been his moment to shine in the MCU. He never led a project before. And it's being called the worst thing ever. But it's so frustrating that it was so bad with the caliber of actors they had. It should not have been this way.

To add insult to injury, Jackson finally got to perform August Wilson's The Piano Lesson on Broadway.

Jackson was part of the original cast of that play, working with the celebrated playwright himself... at Yale Repertory Theater. When it came time to move the play to Broadway, Charles S. Dutton replaced him.

So last year a Broadway revival was staged. It was directed by his wife, LaTonya Richardson Jackson. Now Jackson played the older man, and his friend Denzel's son, John David Washington, played the role Jackson had originated.

Jackson was nominated for a Tony. But didn't win. The internet made fun of his reaction to the results being read.

I just feel like, I'd have been bummed too. He didn't slap anybody or complain about losing. He was gracious.

I keep thinking about what could have been. He's 74 years old (doesn't look it, imo), but he won't be around forever. I want him to be appreciated in his lifetime.

And goddamnit I am still mad they didn't air his Lifetime Achievement Oscar speech.