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The Testament Of Ann Lee Movie Featurette -  World Building Trailer HD  - US Release Date: December 25, 2025 Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie Director : Mona Fastvold Synopsis: Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. Depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.

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00:00Ann Lee was the founder of the Shakers, the largest utopian society in America.

00:07She created this space that didn't really exist for anybody.

00:13Ann Lee was from a poor background, the daughter of a blacksmith working in the cotton mills in Manchester.

00:23Mona and I wanted every image not to feel like something you've seen before.

00:29We started researching a lot of religious paintings.

00:32We talked a lot about contrast in light and finding a lot of darkness, sort of evoking these works.

00:38It was not easy because we're motivating everything by candlelight or moonlight.

00:44But I wanted the image to feel like a painting literally at times,

00:49which is why we ended up using a traditional matte painter.

00:54I cannot preach without being harassed.

00:57They will kill me, eventually.

01:02Ann Lee emigrated to America with a small group of followers, creating a space where people could live free of these societal norms.

01:11She believed this was the way to help them find peace.

01:15People of this community are well-wishers to the country and we will do all the good to the country that we were able to do.

01:22For the production design.

01:25We really wanted to silo the different worlds into their own tonal, chromatic and textural spaces.

01:31Manchester wanted to be murky and muddy.

01:35You have lots of maximalism because you have cramped, crowded conditions.

01:41You have lots of different color tones that your eye is drawn towards.

01:44But once you're in New York, we want the whole film to open up wide.

01:47Be not discouraged. God has not sent us to this land in bed.

01:51Sam Bader had to build this community and he dreamt up an incredible village.

01:56I mean we built every little detail.

02:01It had to look unimpeachably Shaker.

02:03We did as much research as we could.

02:05We really looked at many different witnesses.

02:08Their statements.

02:09The pencil drawings of the community.

02:11The Shakers were completely self-reliant.

02:14Made everything that they could possibly need.

02:17These incredible objects that the Shakers made.

02:21We had to honor that.

02:23The beds, the chairs, the apple core.

02:26So many of their inventions still exist today.

02:29So a lot of the things we were fortunate to get to use.

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02:35Mona and I would go out and shoot what the frames were going to be in the locations.

02:39And then we would print those out like on Polaroids.

02:42And I'd put them up on the wall.

02:44And Ghosh would then start putting fabric underneath that.

02:46Sam would then come and say I'm going to be painting this wall this.

02:48We wanted to keep some kind of continuity.

02:51So that's why it was reflected in the costumes as well.

02:55So much of these costumes were produced.

02:57Which is very, very difficult to do in our budget.

02:59Ghosh is so artful and so specific.

03:03If you were ever to see a sleeve, it is all just beautifully hand stitched.

03:07She was dyeing things with natural dyes.

03:10To really take you into this period in American history.

03:16Every department was just locked in.

03:19Ann Lee said, you know, work each day as if it was your last day on earth.

03:24Just striving for perfection.

03:27So we all just worked tirelessly.

03:30To really bring Ann Lee's world to life.

03:33And there appeared a great wonder in heaven.

03:39A woman clothed with the sun.

03:42And the moon under her feet.

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