On Tuesday, September 10th, Netflix’s THE PIANO LESSON had its international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theater. Director and co-writer Malcolm Washington, producers Denzel Washington and Todd Black, and co-writer Virgil Williams were in attendance alongside the cast including John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Corey Hawkins, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Skylar Smith and Gail Bean. Also in attendance were executive producers Katia Washington and Constanza Romero Wilson, Leslie Jones (Editor), Erica Frauman (Post Supervisor), David Bomba (Production Designer), Mary Vernieu (Casting Director), Lindsay Graham (Casting Director), Andrea Bowman (Hair HOD), Lawrence Davis (Key Hair) and Para Shardé (Makeup HOD).

A family clash over an heirloom piano explodes. The battle between brother (John David Washington) and sister (Danielle Deadwyler) — one hopes to sell it, the other refuses to give it up — unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived and who defines a family legacy. Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean, Danielle Deadwyler, and Corey Hawkins star in Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut based on the Pulitzer-prize winning August Wilson play. See more inside and the trailer…