The Testament of Ann Lee

Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy (Amanda Seyfried)

This ferocious and passionate new musical film from Director Mona Fastvold stars Amanda Seyfried as Mother Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement. Mother Ann, who was proclaimed the female Christ by her followers, suffered the loss of all four of her infant children. The film follows her grief and spiritual evolution as she establishes a utopian society and the Shakers’ unique style of worship through song and dance, and dignified lives of work, egalitarianism and celibacy. 

Fastvold co-wrote the script with her husband Brady Corbet. They are the Academy Award-nominated team behind last year’s The Brutalist, which went on to win three Oscars for best actor, cinematography and original score.