Product Details

• Actors: Blair Brown
• Directors: Linda Garmon
• Format: Subtitled, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OCY65O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,091 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Pbs Release Date: 05/04/2009 Run time: 60 minutes

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Now Will You Go?" ~ Entertainment, Religion And The Pentecostal Imagination, February 7, 2011

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This review is from: American Experience - Sister Aimee (DVD)

I was raised in the Foursquare Church and grew up singing the old songs and hearing all the stories and urban legends surrounding the Churches charismatic, controversial and much loved founder, Sister Aimee. To be completely honest I never identified with the movement and went my own way as soon as I was old enough to do so. With that said I will also admit to possessing a rather curious fascination with that larger than life iconic minister and was happy to see that PBS found her a worthy topic for a documentary.

No matter what your personal opinion might be concerning Aimee Semple McPherson I think there's something of interest for everyone in this 60 minute presentation. The film provides a veritable kaleidoscope of life as it was through the early and mid 20th century; the erosion of rural, spiritual values giving way to urbanize, scientific secularism, the ideological battle between evolution and creationism, the social and economical impact of two world wars separated by the Great Depression and the massive migration of the populace to the west coast.

However the most fascinating aspect of the documentary to me was to witness how Sister Aimee not only had a keen sense of the pulse of the nation but was always one step ahead of the times. Her theatrical approach to the gospel and her use of all forms of media to capture the attention of the public at large was amazing. She was truly a visionary of monumental proportions and unquestionably the prototype for the modern day televangelist. Whether that's a good thing or not is up for debate.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "American Experience - Sister Aimee", July 9, 2009

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Joseph Edward Clark (Philadelphia PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience - Sister Aimee (DVD)

I first came the story of Sister Aimee during the 1960's when as a 13 year boy I got a copy of "American Heritage's" history of the 20's and 30's. The book mentioned nothing about her "relations" with her mother and just dealt with the scandal about her disappearance in 1926.

The American Experience episode on Sister Aimee gives a much more nuanced/balanced portrait of her however. Showing the utter two-faced quality of the Los Angeles political power structure in thier efforts to smear her reputation. This episode gives more information about her than many books do.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD, August 11, 2009

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Madlyderanged_1 "chippendales" (Barbados) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Experience - Sister Aimee (DVD)

Although not focussing on the sordid details of the trial and alleged affair, this is quite a good documentary chronicling the life of a woman that seemed, at that time, larger than life.