Danielle Deadwyler in August Wilson Film 5
In Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, a reverential adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson produced by his father Denzel Washington, the actress Danielle Deadwyler is the center around which all other performances revolve. She plays Berniece, the devout and no-nonsense co-protagonist of Wilson’s bracing drama about generational trauma and inheritance. In this role, as in …