The Testament of Ann Lee
7:00 PM Wednesday, March 25
The Ellen Theatre
🍅 Certified Fresh — 89% on Rotten Tomatoes | ⭐️ 4 Stars — RogerEbert.com
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 & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist). Stars Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin MacKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Martin Beard.
Rated R (Sexual Content|Graphic Nudity|Bloody Images|Violence). 2h 17m.
“Watching it with your whole being, it becomes real to you, too.” New York Times, Alyssa Wilkinson
Tinworks at Rialto presents Dan Graham’s Rock My Religion (1983) in partnership with the BFS screening of The Testament of Ann Lee. Together, the films explore the Shaker religious movement in America, and its connection to music, movement, spiritual, and communal practice.
Rock My Religion Screens at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM Saturday March 28 at Tinworks Rialto.