Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

Directed by

Stanley Nelson Jr.

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of the Peoples Temple religious group and its leader Jim Jones. It uses interviews with former members and survivors to show how the group moved to a settlement in Guyana and ended in a mass suicide in 1978.

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What happens

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, is a 2006 documentary film made by Firelight Media, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. The documentary reveals new footage of the incidents surrounding the Peoples Temple and its leader Jim Jones who led over 900 members of his religious group to a settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where he orchestrated a mass suicide with poisoned Flavor Aid, in November 1978. It is in the form of a narrative with interviews with former Temple members, Jonestown survivors, and people who knew Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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