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The Piano Lesson (1995)
Directed by Lloyd Richards
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 35m
1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.
Cast
Charles S. Dutton
Boy Willie
Alfre Woodard
Berniece Charles
C
Carl Gordon
Doaker
Tommy Hollis
Avery
Lou Myers
Wining Boy
Courtney B. Vance
Lymon
Zelda Harris
Maretha
Rosalyn Coleman
Grace
Tommy Lafitte
Ace
L
Lynne Innerst
Miss Ophelia
Harold Surratt
Papa Willie Boy
J
Jackson Nunn
Horse Trainer-Owner (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Lloyd Richards
- Director of Photography
- Paul Elliott
- Original Music Composer
- Dwight Douglas Andrews, Stephen James Taylor
- Editor
- Jim Oliver
- Producer
- August Wilson
Details
- Release date
- 1995-02-05
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- Craig Anderson Productions, Signboard Hill Productions, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions