![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Davis was then nominated for the 2021 film version of Ma Rainey. In 2016 Washington directed and starred alongside Viola Davis in the film adaptation of Fences which received 3 Academy Awards nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and an Academy Award win for Viola Davis. In 2010 Denzel Washington and Viola Davis starred in the revival of August Wilson’s Fences on Broadway where they both won Tony Awards for their roles. Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington (Glory, Training Day) is set to produce as a part of Wilson’s 10 play “American Century Cycle” that includes Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Ray Fisher ( Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Rebel Moon), Danielle Deadwyler ( Till, The Harder They Fall), Michael Potts ( Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Rustin) and Corey Hawkins ( Straight Outta Compton, The Tragedy of Macbeth) round out the top tier cast. ![]() Malcolm Washington is set to direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Virgil Williams. Jackson ( Pulp Fiction, Avengers) and John David Washington ( BlacKkKlansman, Tenet) will lead and all-star cast in the feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson for Netflix, it was announced this morning. ![]()
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