On a visit to August Wilson’s childhood home, in Pittsburgh, the director of a new adaptation of the play discusses casting his brother (alongside Samuel L. Jackson) and working for his father.

It's been a big weekend for the Washington family. While patriarch Denzel Washington chewed the scenery on multiplex screens in "Gladiator II," the next generation of Washingtons stormed onto streaming with the film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winner "The Piano Lesson.

You may not see Denzel Washington in the new Netflix film adaptation of the August Wilson play The Piano Lesson, but his influence as producer – and parent – is unmistakable.

Based on the August Wilson play of the same name, The Piano Lesson stars John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler and Samuel L Jackson, and is centred on a family heirloom which records the history of a family through carvings etched by an enslaved ancestor.

Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut is very much a family affair. When it came to adapting a much-loved August Wilson play for the screen, he embraced the support of those closest to him. His dad,

Denzel Washington's family comes to the creative fore of Netflix's "The Piano Lesson," the directorial debut of newcomer Malcolm Washington.

Malcolm Washington makes his directorial debut in the new film, “The Piano Lesson,” based on an August Wilson play about an heirloom piano at the center of one family.

As the youngest son of Denzel Washington, Malcolm Washington knows a thing or two about legacy. He joins Q's Tom Power to discuss his directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson's play of the same name.