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How Mona Fastvold and Daniel Blumberg Adapted Shaker Hymns for 'Ann Lee': 'The Film's Pretty Extreme. How Can We Push It Further?'

All are seen in this uniquely atmospheric, 35mm-shot musical epic - one of the few big-screen epics about female historical figures, as Fastvold pointed out during the Venice presser - singing original Shaker melodies and words and dancing to Shaker-inspired, movement-forward choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall.

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The Testament of Ann Lee review strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Ann Lee founded the Shaker sect, endured persecution, enforced celibacy, and inspired ecstatic communal rituals and minimalist craft depicted in a fervent, baffling film.

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How Mona Fastvold and Daniel Blumberg Adapted Shaker Hymns for 'Ann Lee': 'The Film's Pretty Extreme. How Can We Push It Further?'

The Testament of Ann Lee review strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

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