The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

7.2 (10 votes)• 1984• 60m•Released

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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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Languages: English

Director: Ken Burns, Amy Stechler

Starring Cast: David McCullough, Paul Roebling, Julie Harris, Olga Bellin, Wendy Tilghman, I. Tucker Burr

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David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Paul Roebling

(voice)

Julie Harris

(voice)

Olga Bellin

(voice)

Wendy Tilghman

(voice)

I. Tucker Burr

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Steven Pudenz

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Jesse Carr

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