Sister Aimee

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Linda Garmon

Writers

Matthew Avery Sutton, Linda Garmon

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

2 April 2007

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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