Denzel Washington is one proud dad.
The 2-time Oscar winner supported his youngest son, Malcolm Washington, 33, who makes his directorial debut with The Piano Lesson, on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Denzel, 69, is a producer on the Netflix movie, an adaptation of August Wilson‘s play.
Talking with PEOPLE on the pink carpet, Denzel says, “I am proud to be part of August Wilson in some small manner.”
Of his son Malcolm, the Gladiator II actor provides, “I am blissful that individuals will get an opportunity to see what a filmmaker Malcolm is. I am enthusiastic about our future along with August Wilson.”
The undertaking is a household affair for the Washington household. It additionally stars Malcolm’s older brother John David Washington, 40, whereas sister Katia Washington, 37, produced alongside her dad.
Malcolm’s movie can also be devoted to his mom Pauletta; earlier than the closing credit roll, a title card reads, “For mama.”
“This film is so private to me, and the those that I received to make it with are the closest folks in my life,” Malcolm beforehand advised PEOPLE on the Telluride Movie Pageant, the place the film had its world premiered. “My mother was on the middle of it.”
Samuel L. Jackson and Danielle Deadwyler additionally star within the drama.
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“A battle is brewing within the Charles family,” a synopsis for the film begins. “On the middle stands a prized heirloom piano tearing two siblings aside. On one facet, a brother (John David) plans to construct the household fortune by promoting it.”
“On the opposite, a sister (Deadwyler) will go to any lengths to carry onto the only real vestige of the household’s heritage. Their uncle (Jackson) tries to mediate, however even he can’t maintain again the ghosts of the previous,” the synopsis provides.
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The Piano Lesson was first produced as a play in 1987. Jackson originated the position of Boy Willie when it opened on the Yale Repertory Theatre and later worked as an understudy for a number of roles when the manufacturing hit Broadway in 1990.
The brand new movie additionally options performances from Erykah Badu, Skylar Aleece Smith, Jerrika Hinton, Gail Bean and Corey Hawkins. Two-time Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat composed the music.
The Piano Lesson is in choose theaters Nov. 8, then on Netflix Nov. 22.