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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 days ago
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Amanda Seyfried "couldn't breathe sometimes" while rehearsing for 'The Testament of Ann Lee'

Amanda Seyfried underwent intense, prolonged preparation to perform live singing, dancing, and choreography portraying Ann Lee in a music-and-dance-driven film about the Shaker Movement.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago
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Amanda Seyfried channels Ann Lee in live performance of original song

The Testament of Ann Lee stars Amanda Seyfried, features original songs and reimagined Shaker hymns, and opens in 70mm on Christmas Day.
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fromIndieWire
1 week ago

To Build Her 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' Filmmaker Mona Fastvold Had to Imagine Her Own Kind of Utopia

Mona Fastvold has always been drawn to stories about women who lived their lives in the future. Women who dared to imagine how bitter pasts might give way to brighter tomorrows, and did what they could to bring those changes into being. Women - immigrants and settlers - who embodied the utopian potential of a country that has always struggled to live by its own principles, and refused to accept that they were ahead of their time.
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fromIndieWire
3 months ago
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How Mona Fastvold and Daniel Blumberg Adapted Shaker Hymns for 'Ann Lee': 'The Film's Pretty Extreme. How Can We Push It Further?'

fromIndieWire
3 months ago
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How Mona Fastvold and Daniel Blumberg Adapted Shaker Hymns for 'Ann Lee': 'The Film's Pretty Extreme. How Can We Push It Further?'

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fromIndieWire
3 months ago

'The Testament of Ann Lee' Review: Amanda Seyfried Is a Singing Female Christ Figure in Mona Fastvold's Incredible Quasi-Musical About the Shaker Prophet

The Testament of Ann Lee portrays Ann Lee's Shaker movement as a rapturous, hymn-driven biopic that prioritizes ecstatic choreography and collective spiritual unity over lyrical content.
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