Documentary
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.
Directed by
Amy Stechler, Ken Burns
Written by
Amy Stechler, Wendy Tilghman, Tom Lewis
Julie Harris
(voice)
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Olga Bellin
(voice)
Paul Roebling
(voice)
Wendy Tilghman
(voice)
I. Tucker Burr
(voice)
Steven Pudenz
(voice)
Jesse Carr
(voice)

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