Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

  • USA American Experience: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
USA, 2006, 86 min

Directed by:

Stanley Nelson

Cinematography:

Michael Chin

Cast:

Fidel Castro (a.f.)
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With previously unseen footage and interviews with former members of the Peoples Church, this documentary explores the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacre in 1978. A cult which developed a large following in the 1970s, the Peoples Church was led by Jim Jones, who brought his congregation to an idyllic community in Guyana before inciting them to mass suicide. (official distributor synopsis)

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