Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has been tapped by Live Nation Productions to write an upcoming feature about Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock and Roll. Mick Jagger’s Jagged Films is producing along with Tribeca Studios and Inaudible Productions, and they are partnered with Tharpe’s estate and have the rights to her music catalog. This film is unrelated to the Amazon MGM Studios biopic that was announced earlier this year . That film is set to star Lizzo. Aside from having estate support and having the rights to Tharpe’s catalog, the producers for this project also have the rights to Gayle Wald’s biography, Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe . A companion documentary is also in pre-production, which will “feature her beloved music catalog and explore Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s legacy through interviews with friends, collaborators, music scholars, and proteges, including Wald’s exclusive recordings with Gospel singer Marie...
