
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.

David McCullough
Narrator (voice)

Paul Roebling
(voice)

Julie Harris
(voice)

Olga Bellin
(voice)


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November 1, 1984
1h 0m
7.2
Ken Burns
Amy Stechler, Wendy Tilghman, Tom Lewis
10


Florentine Films
US
The TV Lab at WNET/13
US

Wendy Tilghman
(voice)

I. Tucker Burr
(voice)

Steven Pudenz
(voice)

Jesse Carr
(voice)
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