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American Experience - Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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Producer(s)Stanley Nelson
Director(s)Stanley Nelson
Release Date2007
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Runtime86 min
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Educational Materials Yes

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On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of Peoples Temple died in the largest mass suicide/murder in history. Using never-before-seen archival footage and survivor interviews, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple tells the story of the people who followed Jim Jones from Indiana to California and finally to the remote jungles of Guyana, South America in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal society. The film highlights themes that defined the Peoples Temple: faith and zealotry, revolution and utopia, race and class, loyalty and coercion, charismatic leadership and demagoguery.

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Related IssuesEconomic Justice, Family & Society, Health/Health Advocacy, Elderly, Human Rights, International, Africa, Canada, Middle East, South America, Politics/Government, Peace/War, Racial Justice, African-American, Racial Discrimination, Religious Freedom