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‘The Piano Lesson’ Director Malcolm Washington & Star John David Washington Honored As Film Opens 60th Chicago Film Festival


‘The Piano Lesson’ Director Malcolm Washington & Star John David Washington Honored As Film Opens 60th Chicago International Film Festival

The film’s star, John David Washington, will be presented the Spotlight Award “in recognition of the emotional complexity and power he brings to his transfixing performance as Boy Willie.” Aside from siblings Malcolm and John David, The Piano Lesson is produced by their father, Denzel Washington, alongside his oft-collaborator Todd Black. John David Washington stars alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, and Skyler Aleece Smith, Danielle Deadwyler and Corey Hawkins.

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