Series
Publication
Alexandria, Virginia : PBS Home Video, c2004. One disc, 57 min.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
141570256X / 9781415702567
UPC
097368859142
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: HANDS TO WORK. HEARTS TO GOD. They call themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Though they are celibate, they're the most enduring religious experiment in America's history. They believed in pacifism and feminism, freedom from prejudice, natural health and hygiene, and for more than 200 years insisted that their followers should strive for simplicity and perfection in everything that they did. The shakers put their hands to work and their hearts to God creating an exquisite legacy of find furniture, glorious architecture, and beautiful music which will remain and inspire long after the last Shaker is gone.
Through diaries, archival photographs, Music an stunning cinematography, Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new an unusually moving way to understand the shakers. -- from box
FY2005 / jvsy
Through diaries, archival photographs, Music an stunning cinematography, Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new an unusually moving way to understand the shakers. -- from box
FY2005 / jvsy
Physical description
4.75 inches
Description
This revealing and poignant film by Ken Burns portrays 200 years of Shaker life in America, guided by the recollections of the three surviving members of the faith, along with a wealth of archival material from over 40 collections. Explore every aspect of this strange and noble sect that produced some of the greatest architecture and furniture in American history.