I'll have to watch for that movie. I grew up in upstate NY, rural area. Always associated the Shakers with New York's history. Joseph Smith (Latter Day Saints) I believe also had his first visions here. Must be something in the water.
My family (paternal) also has strong conservative Protestant roots in NY reaching back to the Huguenots and Puritans. All of it, divergent religious movements, have been a part of my sense of the state since early childhood. My mother was Catholic, so, that sort of highlighted the religious history of the state. Quite a (not welcome) contrast.
Anyway, that's why I found your pictures so very interesting. I did read up on Shakers in Kentucky. Indeed there were two settlements.
Thanks again for an interesting post.