I Don’t Want to Be Remembered As a Chair

Synopsis: Looks at the small Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake in Maine, comprising the last practising members of a sect once persecuted for its dissenting beliefs and celibate lifestyel. Explores members’ stuggle to maintain their religious and historic identity while furniture made by previous generations of Shakers breaks saleroom records around the world.
Series: Timewatch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 17/10/90.
Subjects: Religious studies
Keywords: Shakers; United States of America

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