Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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American documentary film documentary film

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is a documentary film that examines the rise and tragic mass suicide of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple community in Jonestown, Guyana.

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instanceOf American documentary film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
award Outstanding Achievement in Documentary, Producers Guild of America Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming, Primetime Emmy Award nomination ⓘ
basedOnRealEvents Peoples Temple agricultural project in Guyana ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Stanley Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresForm archival footage ⓘ
interviews ⓘ
focusesOnEvent 1978 Jonestown mass murder-suicide ⓘ
focusesOnOrganization Peoples Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOnPerson Jim Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
historical documentary ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
charismatic leadership ⓘ
mass suicide ⓘ
religious cults ⓘ
utopian communities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television film ⓘ
musicBy Tom Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrator Stanley Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive oral history of Peoples Temple survivors ⓘ
originalChannel PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalNetwork PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysTimePeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
producer Firelight Media NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanley Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 2006-04-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 2006 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 86 ⓘ
screenedAt Tribeca Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
series American Experience NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonestown, Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject Jim Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jonestown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peoples Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
mass suicide in Jonestown ⓘ
new religious movements in the United States ⓘ
title Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Marcia Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noland Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ

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