Grounded in Shaker history, “The Testament of Ann Lee” blends historical drama and musical movement into a rigorous portrait ...

A new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” is shining a spotlight on the religious group that established two villages in New Hampshire.

Which parts of the movie are rooted in history, and which are the speculative stuff of Lee lore?

Just as the new movie The Testament of Ann Lee brings the Shakers back into the public eye, an exhibition at Philadelphia's ...

The historic milestone will be marked with a kind of Shakerpalooza as more than 100 Shaker scholars, collectors and admirers will gather at the Shaker Historical Society on Saturday. Members of the ...

In the trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee—the Amanda Seyfried drama in theaters now—you’ll see much of what you might expect from a film about early American religion. There’s spirited devotional ...

For Ann Lee, this passage and others in the Bible were signs. They were signs that Christians who wanted to withdraw from " the world" into their own communities could not only sing praises and thanks ...

It is the second half of the 19th century, and there were great changes for the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. If you are not familiar with that name, you might be more ...

Hundreds of visitors toured Shaker Village and its historic barn in New Gloucester, Maine, on Sunday during Open Farm Day. (Clarke Canfield/Courthouse News) NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (CN) — At its peak ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So, which parts of the movie are rooted in history, and which are the speculative stuff of Lee lore? Below, we’ll explore where ...