Long civil war movie with a piano

1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim "my half of the piano", a family heirloom; but his sister is not wanting to part with it. This is a glimpse of the conditions for African-Americans as well as some of the attitudes and influences on their lives. But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him.

Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.

The Piano is Malcolm Washington's feature film debut, an ambitious adaptation of the moving play of the same name by prolific playwright August Wilson. Alongside the star trio of his brother John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, and Daniel Dead Wyler, Washington's study of inheritance (trauma, wealth, history) is a powerful portrayal of black ancestry in America.

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.

An old man relays his life story to his grandson through a moving piece of music.

To fight for custody of his daughter who loves playing the piano, a steel factory worker decides to forge a piano from scratch.

“Piano”, which is a 7-minute short film, deals with poverty and life’s problems, and is the story of a person who wants to buy a piano, but the war crisis occurs and he is deprived of the simplest things in his life.

In a war-ravaged Syrian neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.