The Piano Lesson

Directed by Lloyd Richards
PG
1995    1h 35m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Music](/on-demand/category/music)
6.976%7.6
An African-American family struggles to retain their heritage, in the form of a history told in the carvings on the family piano. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano and use the money to buy farmland, but sister Berniece won't part with it.

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Cast of The Piano Lesson

  • Charles S. DuttonBoy Willie
  • Alfre WoodardBerniece Charles
  • Carl GordonDoaker
  • Tommy HollisAvery
  • Lou MyersWining Boy
  • Courtney B. VanceLymon
  • Zelda HarrisMaretha
  • Rosalyn ColemanGrace
  • Tommy LafitteAce
  • Lynne InnerstMiss Ophelia
  • Harold SurrattPapa Willie Boy
  • Jackson NunnHorse Trainer-Owner (uncredited)
  • Elva BransonMama Berniece
  • Tim HartmanSutter
  • Ben TatarWatermelon Man
  • Alice EisnerWatermelon Lady
  • Bob TraceyNolander
  • Lloyd RichardsDirector
  • Robert Bennett SteinhauerCo-Producer
  • August WilsonProducer / Original Story

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