The Shakers

Were the Shakers Successful?

Ed Nickles talks about the Shakers.

Were the Shakers Successful?

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    The Shakers

    S1 E1 - 59m 48s

    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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