Amanda Seyfried says no to sex in the dance-fueled film "The Testament of Ann Lee," which tells the real history behind the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “The biggest thing was that we wanted to make something that felt historically accurate while ...

For Fastvold, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (“The Brutalist”) and director, bringing Lee’s spiritual journey to the screen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lee, pegged by Fastvold as the “first feminist” of colonial America, was born in Manchester, England, in 1736. She would go on to ...

Amanda Siegfried gives a powerful and fearless performance in this drama based on the true story of Ann Lee, the founder of Shaker religious community in 1774 Colonial America. Director/co-writer ...

The most common reaction to The Testament of Ann Lee is to note that you’ve never seen a movie like it. True enough! It’s about the founding of the Shaker religious movement by the title character, an ...

“The Testament of Ann Lee” stars Amanda Seyfried as the founder of the Shakers, a religious sect formed in the 18th century and known for both its pursuit of full social equality and its chants and ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Interfaith Alliance colleagues Alyssa Klein and Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons to discuss religious freedom in America today through the lens of a new film ...

Production designer Sam Bader describes what it took to bring the Shakers' frugal yet beautiful world to life for the film The Testament of Ann Lee, created by the duo behind last year's The Brutalist ...

Filmmaker Mona Fastvold had a unique challenge in crafting her musical fable The Testament of Ann Lee: She needed to bring a nearly lost religious practice to the screen. The drama follows the titular ...