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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Mick Jagger onboard for new Sister Rosetta Tharpe biopic

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is directing a feature-length biopic titled Rosetta about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, with Mick Jagger producing, reported in 2025.
The project follows Tharpe's underrecognized career as a trailblazing Black gospel and rock musician, whose estate authorized use of her catalogue.
Tharpe mixed gospel lyrics with secular music, influencing legends like Elvis Presley and Little Richard, while facing criticism for her guitar use and performances.
Ellis-Taylor praised Tharpe for challenging traditional norms and expectations, describing her impact as breaking through barriers of convention and respectability, and the film is also influenced by Gayle Wald’s biography Shout, Sister, Shout!.
The film is produced by Tribeca Studios, Jagged Films, and Inaudible Productions, and a companion documentary exploring Tharpe's legacy is also in development.

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Tapped For Rosetta Tharpe Biopic

Source: Mirrorpix / Getty Rosetta Tharpe was a trailblazing Black musician who found fame early on as a gospel artist before shifting to rock and roll and inspiring several future legends. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been tapped to pen a script for a biopic about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, with legendary rocker Mick Jagger serving as a producer. Deadline reports that the Sister Rosetta Tharpe biopic was set in motion after Live Nation Productions reac…

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Mick Jagger onboard for new Sister Rosetta Tharpe biopic

A new biopic on Cotton Plant native Sister Rosetta Tharpe is in the works, and this one’s got some serious artistic muscle behind it: Oscar-nominated director Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mick Jagger as producer and permission from Tharpe’s estate to use her groundbreaking catalogue.

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