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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Not Rated – 85 min – Documentary | PoliticsReligion
Overall Rating
2.893
Average Critic Score
3.154
2,241 of 192,059 Movie All Time
683 of 34,745 2000s
64 of 5,451 2006
157 of 20,948 Documentary All Time
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A documentary exploring and retracing the events leading up to 1978 mass suicide lead by Jim Jones, founder of the People's Temple.



TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

Nelson's film eschews sensationalism, and knowing how the story ends in no way diminishes its visceral impact. ...read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

This calm and thorough film has just the right attitude and tone to deal with a most incendiary story. ...read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

New York Post (Kyle Smith)

Five people did escape, and they contribute their stories to the spellbinding documentary. ...read the complete Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple review at New York Post (Kyle Smith)


A MUST SEE FOR YOUTH, PARENTS, CLERGY AND CULT FIGHTERS! by Paul Stefanski "Jonathan Taylor Thomas admirer"

This documentary is fascinating with in-depth accounts of the few people who did manage to duck the darkness of a minister gone mad. It presents... read more »

Great Documentary! by K. Clark "Ms. Special K"

This is by far the best documentation of the Peoples Temple and the JonesTown tragedy! read more »

Watch In Tandem With A Few Other Pieces Of Information Available On The Net by SORE EYES

"Jonestown-The Life and Death of The People's Temple" is the best of the documentaries about Jonestown available. It is less sensational than the... read more »