The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
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.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 movem... Read more
Starring David McCullough, Paul Roebling, Julie Harris, Olga Bellin
Watch "The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God" on Amazon released in 1984. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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