Shaker films, Videos, and Other References

Sister Mildred Barker (1897-1990) demonstrates the song "With A New Tongue" which is first mentioned in a Sr. Mildred was the recipient of numerous awards, most notably in 1983 a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for outstanding service to Shaker traditional music. 

This piece is from a 1974 production "The Shakers" by Tom Davenport and Frank DeCola. The film was made with assistance from Shaker scholar, Daniel Patterson.

  A short film shot on super-8 in Prince Edward Island featuring choreography and dance by Rebecca Mendoza and poetry by Damian Rogers from her book Paper Radio (ECW Press). Directed by Rebecca Mendoza and Chris Murphy.