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Eventually the community settles upstate, where they learn to build furniture for revenue. Ann’s brother William (Lewis ...

In The Testament of Ann Lee after Ann Lee’s death in 1784, the film shifts to her Shaker followers continuing communal life, ...

Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee and Lewis Pullman as William Lee in this historical ...

The Testament of Ann Lee” is a large-scale production, mighty in detail, and Fastvold proves herself up to the challenge of ...

The Testament of Ann Lee pulls its visual style from the practices of the Shakers themselves, cleverly immersing the audience ...

Ann Lee, the illiterate daughter of a Manchester blacksmith, was born on the 29th of February, 1736 — “as one might expect of ...

Read the reviews for The Testament of Ann Lee, the drama film about the Shaker Movement, led by Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables ...

But Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee balances the tight rope of historical drama and religious baggage beautifully. ...

A place for everything and everything in its place. Watch the teaser trailer for The Testament of Ann Lee, an upcoming film ...