The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

• Cast: David McCullough, Paul Roebling, Julie Harris, Olga Bellin, Wendy Tilghman
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Genre: Documentary
• Rating: 6.75/10
• Release Date: 1984-11-01

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.