Julie Harris

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.

Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into ...

Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

Τέσσερις άνθρωποι μεταβαίνουν στο μέγαρο Χιλ Χάους για να ερευνήσουν την πιθανότητα ύπαρξης φαντασμάτων, υπό την καθοδήγηση του Δρ Μάρκγουεϊ. Αλλόκοτα γεγονότα επηρεάζουν την παραμονή τους εκεί, με αβέβαιες συνέπειες για όλους και κυρίως για την εσωστρεφή Έλενορ Λάνς, η ψυχολογική ισορροπία της οποίας τίθεται σε δοκιμασία.