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The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

7.119841h NRMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorsKen Burns·Amy Stechler
WritersAmy Stechler·Wendy Tilghman
ProducersKen Burns·Amy Stechler

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Cast · Directed by Ken Burns

DMDavid McCullough
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
PRPaul Roebling
Paul Roebling
(voice)
JHJulie Harris
Julie Harris
(voice)
OBOlga Bellin
Olga Bellin
(voice)
WT
Wendy Tilghman
(voice)
IB
I. Tucker Burr
(voice)
SP
Steven Pudenz
(voice)
JC
Jesse Carr
(voice)

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