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Sutter called my granddaddy up to the house
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The Piano Lesson

Sutter called my granddaddyup to the house and told him to carve a pictureof my...

Sutter called my granddaddy
up to the house and told him to carve a picture
of my grandmother and my daddy on the piano for Miss Ophelia, and he took and done this

Full Transcript

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Sutter called my granddaddy up to the house
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and told him to carve a picture of my grandmother and my daddy
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on the piano for Miss Ophelia,
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and he took and done this.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:35
Uploaded
Apr 01, 2025
Genres
drama, music
Production
Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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.
You see that? - The Piano Lesson 00:07
You see that?
And he put a picture of my daddy when he wasn't nothing but a little boy, - The Piano Lesson 00:06
And he put a picture of my daddy when he wasn't nothing...
He took and carved all of this. - The Piano Lesson 00:06
He took and carved all of this.
He put a picture of his mama, Mama Esther, - The Piano Lesson 00:08
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 00:06
And on the side here, that's when him and Mama Berniece...
They called that "jumping the broom." - The Piano Lesson 00:09
They called that "jumping the broom."
And when Sutter seen the piano with all these carvings on it... - The Piano Lesson 00:05
And when Sutter seen the piano with all these carvings on it...
He didn't ask for all this, - The Piano Lesson 00:07
He didn't ask for all this,
But when Miss Ophelia seen it, oh, well, she got excited. - The Piano Lesson 00:06
But when Miss Ophelia seen it, oh, well, she got excited.
Now, she had her piano and her niggers too. - The Piano Lesson 00:06
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 00:06
Played on it right on up to the day she died. All right.
Now, our brother Boy Charles, - The Piano Lesson 00:11
Now, our brother Boy Charles,
He'd have been 57 if he had lived. - The Piano Lesson 00:05
He'd have been 57 if he had lived.
Died in 1911 when he was 31 years old. - The Piano Lesson 00:05
Died in 1911 when he was 31 years old.
Boy Charles talked about that piano all the time. - The Piano Lesson 00:06
Boy Charles talked about that piano all the time.
Two, three months go by, he'd be talking about it again. - The Piano Lesson 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:10
He said it was the story of our whole family,
Me and Wining Boy tried to talk him out of it, - The Piano Lesson 00:06
Me and Wining Boy tried to talk him out of it,
We seen where he wasn't gonna get his mind off it, - The Piano Lesson 00:10
We seen where he wasn't gonna get his mind off it,