Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006
Directed by Stanley Nelson
- Documentary, History, TV Movie
- 86 min
- NR
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.
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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- 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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- Stanley NelsonDirector
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