Aimee Semple McPherson (film)

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Aimee Semple McPherson (2006) is a feature length dramatic biopic about evangelist "Sister" Aimee Semple McPherson.

The cast includes Mimi Michaels, Rance Howard, and Kiera Chaplin. Richard Rossi wrote, directed and also acted in the film. Rossi shot the film with a $300 consumer camcorder. The movie has a jittery, sepia-toned 1920s motif, employing silent film cards and a period look with a contemporary documentary style. The film was made under a special agreement with the Screen Actor's Guild for experimental films with budgets under $75,000. The Guild honored the film with a special best in independent film exhibition as part of the union's SAG Conversations series [1]. Rossi and Rance Howard spoke at the Hollywood event.

[edit] Critical response

According to Christianity Today, the film "goes much deeper" than previous portrayals of McPherson, including The Disappearance of Aimee, a 1970s television movie starring Faye Dunaway and Rossi's own 2001 documentary Saving Sister Aimee.

The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, (the Pentecostal denomination Sister Aimee founded), released a press statement that they do not endorse the film because of Rossi's exploration of McPherson's personal struggles. Other Foursquare ministers have publicly embraced the movie, including Rev. E. C. Donnally, who wrote reviews praising the film's honesty in Charisma magazine (October 2005 issue) and Ministries Today (Nov./Dec. '05 issue).

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