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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Stanley Nelson Jr. released in USA on 26 april 2006

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
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Released in USA 26 april 2006
Length 1h26
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Historical
Rating77% 3.8918953.8918953.8918953.8918953.891895

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, is a 2006 documentary film made by Firelight Media, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. The documentary reveals new footage of the incidents surrounding the Peoples Temple and its leader Jim Jones who led over 900 members of his religious group to a settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where he orchestrated a mass suicide with poisoned Flavor Aid, in 1978. It is in the form of a narrative with interviews with former Temple members, Jonestown survivors, and persons who knew Jones
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