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The Piano is Malcolm Washington's feature film debut, an ambitious adaptation of the moving play of the same name by prolific playwright August Wilson. Alongside the star trio of his brother John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Daniel Dead Wyler, Washington's study of inheritance (trauma, wealth, history) is a powerful portrayal of black ancestry in America.

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry, he threatens to disinherit his family and leave to rebuild his life. This forces his children (Kippy, Ramses and Belén) to take extreme measures to ensure their future, causing everything that could go wrong to turn out worse.