Overview
- Searchlight hosted a Landmark Sunset screening featuring an outdoor interpretive dance set to the score and a post-show Q&A with choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall.
- The film opened December 25 and is currently playing in select theaters under Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures.
- Director Mona Fastvold co-wrote with Brady Corbet and casts Amanda Seyfried as Shaker leader Ann Lee, with Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie and Christopher Abbott among the ensemble.
- Interviews detail how composer Daniel Blumberg built arrangements from documented Shaker hymns, adding counter-harmonies and integrating sound design to mirror ecstatic worship.
- Recent reviews praise the music, choreography and Seyfried’s performance, while some question a portrayal that softens the historical figure’s complexities.