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,

"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.'

Making his feature directorial debut, Malcolm Washington brings August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning play to the screen with help from his father, Denzel Washington and sister, Katia.

The Denzel Washington-produced drama The Piano Lesson is now on Netflix, which provides a good reminder to watch his 2016 film with similar themes.