Amanda Seyfried's musical drama "The Testament of Ann Lee" found distribution after its Venice film festival premiere.

The Testament of Ann Lee centers on Ann Lee (Seyfried), often referred to as Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker ...

The Testament of Ann Lee, the musical drama led by Amanda Seyfried, has been acquired by Searchlight Pictures for a ...

Searchlight Pictures has acquired writer-director Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament Of Ann Lee,” for North America and most of the world.

Seyfried stars as the titular Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s.

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