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The piano lesson [videorecording] / Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc. producer, August Wilson ; co-producer, Brent Shields ; teleplay, August Wilson ; director, Lloyd Richards.

Contributor Dutton, Charles S.

Imprint:[S.l.] : Hallmark Home Entertainment, 2002.

Description1 videodisc ( 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally produced for television broadcast in 1995.

Note:August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.

Note : PerformerCharles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Carl Gordon, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, Courtney B. Vance.

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Contributor
Dutton, Charles S.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Gordon, Carl 1932-
Hollis, Tommy.
Myers, Lou, 1945-
Vance, Courtney B.
Halmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.
Hallmark Home Entertainment (Firm)
Family Home Entertainment (Firm)
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
African Americans -- Drama.
Heirlooms -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Television adaptations.
Historical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.