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The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

67% | Nov 01, 1984 | 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.

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Ken Burns
Director
Amy Stechler
Director

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David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
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Julie Harris
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Olga Bellin
(voice)

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