The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God is Ken Burns's second film, released in 1984.

Narrated by David McCullough, this hour-long documentary features interviews with several living Shakers and with historians and philosophers.

Ken Burns has said that he chose the topic of the Shakers in large part because his first project, Brooklyn Bridge, was devoted to urban American history; Shakerism offered him an opportunity to explore rural American history.

Works of David McCullough

Books	The Johnstown Flood (1968) The Great Bridge (1972) The Path Between the Seas (1977) Mornings on Horseback (1981) Brave Companions (1991) Truman (1992) John Adams (2001) 1776 (2005) The Greater Journey (2011)

Films presented or narrated	Brooklyn Bridge (1981) Smithsonian World (5 episodes, 1984–1988) The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) The Statue of Liberty (1985) Huey Long (1985) The Congress (1988) The Civil War (9 episodes, 1990) American Experience (23 episodes, 1991–2006) Coney Island (1991) D-Day Remembered (1994) Seabiscuit (2003)

Adaptations	John Adams (miniseries) Truman (film)

Films of Ken Burns

Films	Brooklyn Bridge (1981) The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984) The Statue of Liberty (1985) Huey Long (1985) The Congress (1988) The Civil War (1990) Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) Baseball (1994) The West (1996) Thomas Jefferson (1997) Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) Not for Ourselves Alone (1999) Jazz (2001) Mark Twain (2001) Horatio's Drive (2003) Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) The War (2007) The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009) Prohibition (2011) The Dust Bowl (2012) The Central Park Five (2012) The Roosevelts (2014) Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)

See also	Ken Burns effect