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The Piano Lesson

Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

Director

Malcolm Washington

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Mundy Lane Entertainment

Awards

19 wins & 62 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81267043

Doaker

Samuel L. Jackson

Boy Willie

John David Washington

Berniece

Danielle Deadwyler

Lymon

Avery

Wining Boy

Maretha

Skylar Aleece Smith

Boy Charles

Lucille

Willie Boy

Mama Berniece

Young Boy Willie

Crawley

Grace

Dolly

Papa Boy Walter

Mama Ola

Pauletta Washington

Young Mama Ola

Olivia Washington

Young Berniece

Mama Esther

James Sutter

Robert Sutter

Young Wining Boy

Miss Ophelia

Melanie Jeffcoat

Joel Nolander

White Man

Patriot

Ancestor

Saige Aristilde

Neighbor

Young Factory Worker

Hasani Vibez Comer

Mr. V

Young Maretha

Mackenzie Sina Grant

Extra

Gracie Jackline

Factory Worker

Anna Mezentseva

Ancestor

Factory Worker

Trenton Schillinger

Musician

Townsperson

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Doaker, I'm gonna stop on Logan Street.
Want me to get you anything? - The Piano Lesson

Doaker, I'm gonna stop on Logan Street. Want me to get ...

See if you can get 'em smoked.
They ain't got that, get the fresh ones. - The Piano Lesson

See if you can get 'em smoked. They ain't got that...

What's the name of that man
Avery sent past here, - The Piano Lesson

What's the name of that man Avery sent past here,

I sell them watermelons, - The Piano Lesson

I sell them watermelons,

And if that's why you come up here,
then you can forget about it. - The Piano Lesson

And if that's why you come up here, then you can forget...

And if he come up here
thinking he gonna sell that piano, - The Piano Lesson

And if he come up here thinking he gonna sell that piano,

So the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog
got Sutter. - The Piano Lesson

So the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog got Sutter.

I'll tell you outright,
if I see Sutter's ghost, - The Piano Lesson

I'll tell you outright, if I see Sutter's ghost,

Where you coming from? Where you been?
I know you want another drink. - The Piano Lesson

Where you coming from? Where you been? I know you want anoth...

Oh, I heard that
last time I was down there. - The Piano Lesson

Oh, I heard that last time I was down there.

One of her friends wrote and told me.
I never knew she was sick. - The Piano Lesson

One of her friends wrote and told me. I never knew she was s...

Cleotha always did have
a nice way about her. - The Piano Lesson

Cleotha always did have a nice way about her.

Man, that woman was something.
I used to thank the Lord. - The Piano Lesson

Man, that woman was something. I used to thank the Lord.

Said, "Well, I had Cleotha." - The Piano Lesson

Said, "Well, I had Cleotha."

Doaker say Berniece asked you
for three dollars. You got mad and left. - The Piano Lesson

Doaker say Berniece asked you for three dollars. You got mad...

Where you getting these sacks of money?
Doaker say you left with a sack of money. - The Piano Lesson

Where you getting these sacks of money? Doaker say you left ...

The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog got him
about three weeks ago. - The Piano Lesson

The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog got him about three weeks ago.

Berniece done seen his ghost
and everything. He right upstairs. - The Piano Lesson

Berniece done seen his ghost and everything. He right upstai...

Hey, Sutter! Wining Boy here.
Come on and get a drink. - The Piano Lesson

Hey, Sutter! Wining Boy here. Come on and get a drink.

Must be about nine or ten,
eleven or twelve. I don't know. - The Piano Lesson

Must be about nine or ten, eleven or twelve. I don't kn...

Berniece say she don't believe all that
about the Ghosts of the Yellow Dog. - The Piano Lesson

Berniece say she don't believe all that about the Ghost...

You go ask them white folks
in Sunflower County if they believe. - The Piano Lesson

You go ask them white folks in Sunflower County if they beli...

Berniece don't believe in nothing.
She just think she believe. - The Piano Lesson

Berniece don't believe in nothing. She just think she b...

Wining Boy, what you doing in Kansas City?
What they got down there? - The Piano Lesson

Wining Boy, what you doing in Kansas City? What they got dow...

Yeah, I hear they got
some nice-looking women in Kansas City. - The Piano Lesson

Yeah, I hear they got some nice-looking women in Kansas City...

Doaker say they had you and Lymon
down on the Parchman Farm. - The Piano Lesson

Doaker say they had you and Lymon down on the Parchman Farm.

Me and Lymon was hauling wood
for Jim Miller - The Piano Lesson

Me and Lymon was hauling wood for Jim Miller

They ambushed us right there. - The Piano Lesson

They ambushed us right there.

Mr. Stovall come and paid my $100, - The Piano Lesson

Mr. Stovall come and paid my $100,

Soon as Stovall turned his back,
Lymon was gone. - The Piano Lesson

Soon as Stovall turned his back, Lymon was gone.

Ain't nobody twisting your arm
to make you go back. Do what you wanna do. - The Piano Lesson

Ain't nobody twisting your arm to make you go back. Do ...

That's why you gonna end up
back down there on the Parchman Farm. - The Piano Lesson

That's why you gonna end up back down there on the Parc...

I ain't thinking about no Parchman Farm.
See, you liable to go back before me. - The Piano Lesson

I ain't thinking about no Parchman Farm. See, you liabl...

And if he don't like his job,
he need to set that bucket down. - The Piano Lesson

And if he don't like his job, he need to set that bucke...

They had Lymon on water, - The Piano Lesson

They had Lymon on water,

Had Lymon down there singing.
Talking about... talking about... - The Piano Lesson

Had Lymon down there singing. Talking about... talking about...

♪ O Lord, Berta ♪ - The Piano Lesson

♪ O Lord, Berta ♪

Doaker sound like Tangleye.
He can't sing a lick. - The Piano Lesson

Doaker sound like Tangleye. He can't sing a lick.

Hey, Doaker, - The Piano Lesson

They ask me, "You Doaker Boy's nephew?" - The Piano Lesson

They ask me, "You Doaker Boy's nephew?"

They treated me all right as soon as
I told them that. Say, "That's my uncle." - The Piano Lesson

They treated me all right as soon as I told them that. Say, ...

I don't never wanna see
none of them niggers no more. - The Piano Lesson

I don't never wanna see none of them niggers no more.

Play some piano.
Come on, you a piano player. - The Piano Lesson

Play some piano. Come on, you a piano player.

That was the best thing
that ever happened to me, - The Piano Lesson

That was the best thing that ever happened to me,

See, you think it's all fun
being a recording star. - The Piano Lesson

See, you think it's all fun being a recording star.

Got to carrying that piano around,
and, man, did I get slow. - The Piano Lesson

Got to carrying that piano around, and, man, did I get slow.

The world just slipping by me,
and I'm walking around with that piano. - The Piano Lesson

The world just slipping by me, and I'm walking around w...

Now, the first three or four years
of that is fun. - The Piano Lesson

Now, the first three or four years of that is fun.

You can't get enough whiskey, - The Piano Lesson

You can't get enough whiskey,

Hell! You don't never get tired
of playing that piano. - The Piano Lesson

Hell! You don't never get tired of playing that piano.

You look up one day,
and you hate the whiskey, - The Piano Lesson

You look up one day, and you hate the whiskey,

Sometime it seem like the only thing to do
is shoot the piano player - The Piano Lesson

Sometime it seem like the only thing to do is shoot the pian...

See, Lymon don't know this, - The Piano Lesson

See, Lymon don't know this,

Well, she ain't got to sell it.
I'm gonna sell it. - The Piano Lesson

Well, she ain't got to sell it. I'm gonna sell it.

Now, to understand why we say that,
to understand about this piano... - The Piano Lesson

Now, to understand why we say that, to understand about this...

See, our family was owned
by a man named Robert Sutter. - The Piano Lesson

See, our family was owned by a man named Robert Sutter.

Told him he would give him
one and a half niggers for it. - The Piano Lesson

Told him he would give him one and a half niggers for it.

Say he could have one full grown
and one half grown. - The Piano Lesson

Say he could have one full grown and one half grown.

Mr. Nolander agreed, only he say
he got to be the one to pick 'em. - The Piano Lesson

Mr. Nolander agreed, only he say he got to be the one to pic...

So Sutter lined his niggers up... - The Piano Lesson

So Sutter lined his niggers up...

And out of the whole bunch,
he picked my grandmother. - The Piano Lesson

And out of the whole bunch, he picked my grandmother.

And he picked my daddy - The Piano Lesson

And he picked my daddy

Just get up in the morning,
get all dressed up, - The Piano Lesson

Just get up in the morning, get all dressed up,

Miss Ophelia got to missing my grandmother - The Piano Lesson

Miss Ophelia got to missing my grandmother

So she asked to see if maybe
she could trade back that piano - The Piano Lesson

So she asked to see if maybe she could trade back that piano

Mr. Nolander said, "No!"
Said a deal was a deal. - The Piano Lesson

Mr. Nolander said, "No!" Said a deal was a deal.

And him and Sutter
had a big falling out about it. - The Piano Lesson

And him and Sutter had a big falling out about it.

And Miss Ophelia took sick to the bed.
She wouldn't get up in the morning. - The Piano Lesson

And Miss Ophelia took sick to the bed. She wouldn't get...

Only they called him Willie Boy. - The Piano Lesson

Only they called him Willie Boy.

He could make you
anything you wanted out of wood. - The Piano Lesson

He could make you anything you wanted out of wood.

Told Mr. Nolander
he ain't have enough money to buy him. - The Piano Lesson

Told Mr. Nolander he ain't have enough money to buy him...

Sutter called my granddaddy
up to the house - The Piano Lesson

Sutter called my granddaddy up to the house

You see that? - The Piano Lesson

And he put a picture of my daddy
when he wasn't nothing but a little boy, - The Piano Lesson

And he put a picture of my daddy when he wasn't nothing...

He took and carved all of this. - The Piano Lesson

He took and carved all of this.

He put a picture of his mama, Mama Esther, - The Piano Lesson

He put a picture of his mama, Mama Esther,

And on the side here, that's when him
and Mama Berniece got married. - The Piano Lesson

And on the side here, that's when him and Mama Berniece...

They called that "jumping the broom." - The Piano Lesson

They called that "jumping the broom."

And when Sutter seen the piano
with all these carvings on it... - The Piano Lesson

And when Sutter seen the piano with all these carvings on it...

He didn't ask for all this, - The Piano Lesson

He didn't ask for all this,

But when Miss Ophelia seen it,
oh, well, she got excited. - The Piano Lesson

But when Miss Ophelia seen it, oh, well, she got excited.

Now, she had her piano
and her niggers too. - The Piano Lesson

Now, she had her piano and her niggers too.

Played on it right on up
to the day she died. All right. - The Piano Lesson

Played on it right on up to the day she died. All right.

Now, our brother Boy Charles, - The Piano Lesson

Now, our brother Boy Charles,

He'd have been 57 if he had lived. - The Piano Lesson

He'd have been 57 if he had lived.

Died in 1911 when he was 31 years old. - The Piano Lesson

Died in 1911 when he was 31 years old.

Boy Charles talked about that piano
all the time. - The Piano Lesson

Boy Charles talked about that piano all the time.

Two, three months go by,
he'd be talking about it again. - The Piano Lesson

Two, three months go by, he'd be talking about it again...

He'd be talking about
taking it out of Sutter's house. - The Piano Lesson

He'd be talking about taking it out of Sutter's ho...

He said it was the story
of our whole family, - The Piano Lesson

He said it was the story of our whole family,

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Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Malcolm Washington

Writer: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August Wilson

Production: Mundy Lane Entertainment

Genre: drama, music

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Nov 2024

Awards: 19 wins & 62 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81267043