Malcolm Washingtons soulful adaptation and directorial debut feels like a therapeutic discovery of trauma relief through memory and legacy.

Berniece is also the daughter of Boy Charles and the niece of Wining Boy.

Either way, Crawley only appears in flashbacks inThe Piano Lesson.

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Danielle Deadwyler stares down her family in The Piano Lesson

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Danielle Deadwyler as Berniece in The Piano Lesson

John David Washington puts his hands on a piano with a family member in The Piano Lesson

The family gathered around the piano in The Piano Lesson

Woman getting baptized in The Piano Lesson

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Members of the Charles family in the kitchen in The Piano Lesson

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