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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Film / 2006

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Directed by Stanley Nelson
DocumentaryHistoryTV movie

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

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Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

Cast

Claire JanaroHerself Deborah LaytonHerself Garrett LambrevHimself Hue Fortson Jr.Himself Janet ShularHerself Jim JonesSelf (archive footage) Leo J. RyanSelf (archive footage) Jackie SpeierSelf

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