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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

(2006)

April 26, 2006• 1h 26m
71%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Stanley Nelson

Director

Top Billed Cast

CJ

Claire Janaro

Herself

DL

Deborah Layton

Herself

GL

Garrett Lambrev

Himself

HFJ

Hue Fortson Jr.

Himself

JS

Janet Shular

Herself

JJ

Jim Jones

Self (archive footage)

LJR

Leo J. Ryan

Self (archive footage)

JS

Jackie Speier

Self

Official Trailer

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