Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007)

Directed by

Tim Wolochatiuk

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Eyewitnesses and survivors recount the final week before the mass murder-suicide at Jonestown. The documentary reconstructs how Jim Jones led his followers to their deaths.

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What happens

Jonestown: Paradise Lost is a 2007 documentary television film on the History Channel about the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones. From eyewitness and survivor accounts, the program recreates the last week before the mass murder-suicide on November 18, 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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