"Illuminated by Amanda Seyfried's sterling performance, The Testament of Ann Lee accepts The Shakers' founder on her own terms and reaches its own rhapsodic highs as a result." —Rotten Tomatoes
"Sure to go down in history as one of the strangest musicals ever made, Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee tells the story of the founding leader of the Shaker faith through reimagined spirituals and hybrid dance sequences mixing traditional and modern moves. That might sound vaguely experimental and abstract, but the film is the opposite of aloof…. I’ve never quite seen anything like it." —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture
From award-winning writer/director Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers.
The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs and score by Oscar winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).