
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Genre: DocumentaryRuntime: 1h 0mRelease: 1st November, 1984Plot: 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.
Company: Florentine Films, The TV Lab at WNET/13


