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

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

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

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.

Ken Burns 60 min United States of America
DirectorKen Burns
CastDavid McCullough, I. Tucker Burr, Julie Harris, Olga Bellin, Paul Roebling, Wendy Tilghman
Duration60 min