Sister Aimee
Saint or sinner?
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.
Directed by Linda Garmon · Written by Linda Garmon
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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
Make it a double feature
1h 55m together
Sister Aimee
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