When director and co-writer Malcolm Washington decided to adapt The Piano Lesson for film, he knew he couldn’t just drop a camera in the play. It needed to stand on its own. In this, the first episode of the official companion podcast to The Piano Lesson, host Jazmine Hughes talks with Malcolm and the cast to unpack their creative process and find out how they approached the making of this exquisite film.

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