Film

Sister Aimee

2007 · 57m · Documentary · TV Movie

Saint or sinner?

IMDb

6.9

At the peak of her immense popularity in the 1920s, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson was drawing larger crowds to her revivals than those of P.T. Barnum or Harry Houdini. This chapter of "American Experience" paints a vivid portrait of the controversial and charismatic religious figure. Credited with mainstreaming religion in American culture, Sister Aimee created one of the country's first Christian radio stations, among other accomplishments.

Blair Brown

Narrator (voice)

Anthea Butler

Self - Historian

Daniel Mark Epstein

Self - Biographer

Matthew Avery Sutton

Self - Biographer

Randall Balmer

Self - Historian

Edith Blumhofer

Self - Biographer

Tona Hangen

Self - Historian

David Daniels

Self - Historian

Aimee Semple McPherson

Self (archive footage)

Robert Orsi

Self - Historian

Stephen Prothero

Self - Historian

Wendell St. Clair

Self - Historian

Matthew Balluff

Revival Participant

Olivia Rizzo

Revival Participant

John Handler

Revival Participant

Warren O'Reilly

Revival Participant

• Linda GarmonProducer · Director · Writer
• John BaynardDirector of Photography
• Richard BartlettEditor

Release date

April 2, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

57m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

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