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The Shakers (Motion picture)
- Title
- The Shakers (Motion picture)
- Publication
- 1974.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZHB 12-1306 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 reel. 30 min. 1095 ft. : sd. color.; 16 mm.
- Subject
- Shakers
- Note
- Produced by Tom Davenport and Frank DeCola. Advisor: Dan Patterson. Opening narration written in 1857 by Benson Lossing. Directed and narrated by Tom Davenport.
- Contents
- Summary: Documentary on the Shakers filmed at the two remaining Shaker villages: Sabbath Day Lake, Maine and Canterbury, New Hampshire. Traces the growth and decline of this American religious sect through the memories and songs of the surviving Shakers themselves. Presented through interviews with twelve surviving Sisters (as the Shaker women call themselves), scenes showing their busy, rural life, and nineteenth-century drawings, several depicting the ecstatic Shaker group dances.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1306
- OCLC
- NYPY757041151-F
- Title
- The Shakers (Motion picture)
- Imprint
- 1974.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. The Shakers.Shaker dancing.Religious dance -- United States.
- Added Author
- Davenport, Tom. Producer. Director. NarratorDecola, Frank. Producer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1306