The movie adaptation stars John David Washington as Boy Willie, a man determined to sell his family’s piano to purchase land down South — a cause that he believes his late father would support. His sister, Berniece (Danielle Deadwyler), is vehemently ...

"I'm not going to lie to you, it was a lot of pressure," John David Washington tells PEOPLE of taking over a role Samuel L. Jackson originated in 'The Piano Lesson.'