2025 · history · drama · music
The Testament of Ann Lee
Directed by Mona Fastvold2h 17m2025
The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female Christ.
Our read: The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded history · drama · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured history / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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