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

7.2/10 60 min Documentary

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.

Cast

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Paul Roebling

(voice)

Julie Harris

(voice)

Olga Bellin

(voice)

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