Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:40

Rotten:13

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: Director Stanley Nelson avoids editorializing and sensationalizing in Jonestown, letting the CIA photos and film speak for themselves, and giving a voice to the surviving victims.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Oct 20, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: With previously unseen footage and interviews with former members of the Peoples Church, this documentary explores the events leading up to the Jonestown Massacre in 1978. A cult which developed a... [More]

Director: Stanley Nelson

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Apr 10, 2007

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