The Piano Lesson (film)

The Piano Lesson is a 1995 American TV movie based on the play The Piano Lesson by August Wilson. Produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame, the film originally aired on CBS on February 5, 1995. Directed by Lloyd Richards, the film starred Charles S. Dutton and Alfre Woodard, and relies on most of its cast from the original Broadway production.

When Boy Willie arrives, his Uncle Doaker Carl Gordon tells Willie that Berniece wont part with the piano. Bernieces boyfriend Avery Tommy Hollis and her Uncle Wining Boy Lou Myers also attempt for reasons of their own to get Berniece to sell. As selling the piano would be like turning her back on their people and their past, Berniece continues to refuse.DVD Verdict wrote that the excellent writing leaps off the screen. While noting that most TV films seem geared towards the lowest common Nielsen family demographic, they write that something crafted, filled with inordinate drama and rich, dimensional characters just blares across the airwaves, filling up your deepest, hungry cinematic aesthetic, and that this recognition is the case for the Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of August Wilsons Pulitzer Prize winning play The Piano Lesson. They noted that Wilson has been long known for profound, deeply moving portraits of African Americans in the United States, and that he understands the issues facing minorities better than most modern playwrights do. They called the film a brilliant analog, and a fable of magic realism. ........

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