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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006 · Film · documentary · 86 min
Directed by Stanley Nelson
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.
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The 2006 documentary "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" is worth watching. The whole thing is on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9o1vUSLhOs
In particular, it gives a glimpse of why Jones' message was so appealing: in a time when people were fighting for gender and racial equality all over the US, Peoples Temple seemed to have found the answer.