Jackson gets a choice monologue which has been beautifully filmed here in vivid closeup.

This is a rig that worked fine on stage but seems particularly well suited to this new film version.

I cant imagine that Wilson himself would not have been pleased seeing his story given this kind of treatment.

John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Potts and Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson movie

‘The Piano Lesson’David Lee/Netflix

Alexandre Desplat has also provided a rich and appropriate score that works splendidly.

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