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The Piano Lesson is a 1995 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Richards and written by August Wilson, based on his 1987 play of the same name. The film stars Charles S. Dutton and Alfre Woodard, and relies on most of its cast from the original Broadway production.
Boy Willie (Charles Dutton), a sharecropper, travels to Pittsburgh in the 1930s hoping that his sister, Berniece Charles (Alfre Woodard), will let him have the piano that their enslaved uncle...
- 100 Min.
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- Dreams of 1619
5. Feb. 1995 · The Piano Lesson: Directed by Lloyd Richards. With Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Tommy Hollis. An African-American family struggles to retain their heritage, in the form of a history told in the carvings on the family piano.
- (496)
- Drama, Music
- Lloyd Richards
- 1995-02-05
Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson 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.
- August Wilson
- 1990
Der Film basiert auf dem Theaterstück The Piano Lesson von August Wilson, das im November 1987 im Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven uraufgeführt wurde. Im Mittelpunkt des Stücks stehen die Auseinandersetzungen zwischen einem Bruder und seiner Schwester, die unterschiedliche Vorstellungen davon haben, was sie mit dem Klavier machen sollen, das ihr Vater geerbt hat.
Boy Willie (Charles Dutton), a sharecropper, travels to Pittsburgh in the 1930s hoping that his sister, Berniece Charles (Alfre Woodard), will let him have the piano that their enslaved uncle...
- Drama
5. Feb. 1995 · Overview. 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.
