Since May 2020, Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries has been broadcast
to over 250,000 households nationwide

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TRAILER: Directed by Janet Gardner – Gardner Documentary Group

 

They walk a line between faith and activism standing on the shoulders of iconic quakers who fought to make the world a better place

Today’s Quakers share a spiritual DNA with their earliest forebears. They follow in the footsteps of dedicated Friends who battled authorities for abolition of slavery, civil rights, religious freedom, women’s suffrage and resistance to all war.

7 Quaker Principles
15 Historic Highlights

PURCHASE DVDs HERE

TRAILER: Directed by Janet Gardner – Gardner Documentary Group

They walk a line between faith and activism standing on the shoulders of iconic quakers who fought to make the world a better place

Today’s Quakers share a spiritual DNA with their earliest forebears. They follow in the footsteps of dedicated Friends who battled authorities for abolition of slavery, civil rights, religious freedom, women’s suffrage and resistance to all war.

7 Quaker Principles
15 Historic Highlights
Official Selection, Seattle Film Festival 2024

Official Selection

Seattle Film Festival 2024

Award of Merit - IndieFEST Film Awards 2023

Award of Merit

IndieFEST Film Awards 2023

graphic for Official Selection ETHOS Film Awards 2023

Official Selection

ETHOS Film Awards 2023

Award graphic for Official Selection Paris Awards Film Festival 2023

Official Selection

Paris Awards Film Festival 2023

Award graphic for Official Selection, Sydney World Fest 2023-2024 * 2023

Official Selection

Sydney World Fest 2023-2024 * 2023

Award graphic for Official Selection, The Magic of Cinema 2023

Official Selection

The Magic of Cinema

award graphic for Rhode Island International Film Festival

Winner

Flickers’ International
Humanitarian Award

award graphic for Official Selection * New Hope Film Festival 2018

Winner

Audience Choice Award for
Best Documentary

award graphic for Winner, Life 2019

Winner

Audience Choice Award for
Best Documentary

award graphic for Honorable Mention, New Jersey Film Festival, Spring 2019

Winner

Honorable Mention

Ruth Gage and Dick Nurse in 2017
Director of Photography Kevin Cloutier and Sound Recordist Jeff Ent flank Ruth Gage and Producer-Director Janet Gardner at their 2017 film shoot
Dick Nurse and Janet Gardner screening QUAKERS at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, August 2022
Janet and Dick enjoying birthday cake celebrating Baltimore Yearly Meeting's 350th year
Janet Gardner with Burlington Meeting House Director Dee Corbett before screening on 8/12/22
Burlington Quaker Meeting House & Center for Conference in Burlington, NJ
Cindy Edwards and Fred Millner exploring Burlington Meeting House's cemetery
Chief Ockanickon's historic grave marker
Janet Gardner, Fred Millner & Carol Walz
Burlington's Mayor Barry Conaway with John & Amy Kelly
John Kelly & Janet Gardner
Burlington Hosts Al & Dee Corbett with Janet Gardner & Fred Millner
Appreciative full house at the NJ Film Festival
Ruth Gage and Dick Nurse in 2017
Ruth Gage and Dick Nurse in 2017
Director of Photography Kevin Cloutier and Sound Recordist Jeff Ent flank Ruth Gage and Producer-Director Janet Gardner at their 2017 film shoot
Director of Photography Kevin Cloutier and Sound Recordist Jeff Ent flank Ruth Gage and Producer-Director Janet Gardner at their 2017 film shoot
Dick Nurse and Janet Gardner screening QUAKERS at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, August 2022
Dick Nurse and Janet Gardner screening QUAKERS at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting, August 2022
Janet and Dick enjoying birthday cake celebrating Baltimore Yearly Meeting's 350th year
Janet and Dick enjoying birthday cake celebrating Baltimore Yearly Meeting's 350th year
Janet Gardner with Burlington Meeting House Director Dee Corbett before screening on 8/12/22
Janet Gardner with Burlington Meeting House Director Dee Corbett before screening on 8/12/22
Burlington Quaker Meeting House & Center for Conference in Burlington, NJ
Burlington Quaker Meeting House & Center for Conference in Burlington, NJ
Cindy Edwards and Fred Millner exploring Burlington Meeting House's cemetery
Cindy Edwards and Fred Millner exploring Burlington Meeting House's cemetery
Chief Ockanickon's historic grave marker
Chief Ockanickon's historic grave marker
Janet Gardner, Fred Millner & Carol Walz
Janet Gardner, Fred Millner & Carol Walz
Burlington's Mayor Barry Conaway with John & Amy Kelly
Burlington's Mayor Barry Conaway with John & Amy Kelly
John Kelly & Janet Gardner
John Kelly & Janet Gardner
Burlington Hosts Al & Dee Corbett with Janet Gardner & Fred Millner
Burlington Hosts Al & Dee Corbett with Janet Gardner & Fred Millner
Accepting the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
Accepting the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
Doug Whipple awards Janet Gardner & Dick Nurse the NHFF's Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
Doug Whipple awards Janet Gardner & Dick Nurse the NHFF's Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary
Associate Producers Cynthia Edwards and Sopheap Theam
Associate Producers Cynthia Edwards and Sopheap Theam
Interviewee Delia Pitts (in yellow) and cinematographer Kevin Cloutier at Q&A
Interviewee Delia Pitts (in yellow) and cinematographer Kevin Cloutier at Q&A
Activist George Lakey chats with Bayard Rustin scholar Walter Naegle
Activist George Lakey chats with Bayard Rustin scholar Walter Naegle
Janet Gardner and Dick Nurse with Quaker activist Ingrid Lakey and author Andrew Murphy at the New Jersey Film Festival
Janet Gardner and Dick Nurse with Quaker activist Ingrid Lakey and author Andrew Murphy at the New Jersey Film Festival
Publicist Sandy Lanman with Producer-Director Janet Gardner at the New Jersey Film Festival
Publicist Sandy Lanman with Producer-Director Janet Gardner at the New Jersey Film Festival
Appreciative full house at the NJ Film Festival
Appreciative full house at the NJ Film Festival
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