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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
Runtime86 min
Format(s)DVD
Youth Mediano
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 IssuesRacial Discrimination, African-American, Peace/War, South America, Mental Health, Elderly, Welfare, Poverty, Housing and Homelessness, Economic Development, Religious Freedom, Racial Justice, Politics/Government, International, Human Rights, Health/Health Advocacy, Family & Society, Economic Justice