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The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)

Documentary
Release Date: 1984, November 1
Directors: Ken Burns, Amy Stechler
Countries: United States of America
Production: Florentine Films, The TV Lab at WNET/13, The TV Lab at WNET/13
Cast: David McCullough, Julie Harris, Paul Roebling, Steven Pudenz, Olga Bellin, Wendy Tilghman, I. Tucker Burr, Jesse Carr

Overview:

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.

Keywords:

religion 19th century