Jonestown : the life and death of Peoples Temple / produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; teleplay Noland Walker and Marcia Smith ; story by Marcia Smith ; a Firelight Media production for American Experience.

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This New York Times Critic's Pick tells the story of the people who followed cult leader Jim Jones to the remote jungles of Guyana, South America, in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal society. The 1960s ushered in intense social and cultural tumult; it was the Age of Aquarius, when change was in...

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Corporate Authors: Firelight Media
Seventh Art Releasing (Firm)
Other Authors: Nelson, Stanley, 1951- (Producer, Director)
Walker, W. Noland (Screenwriter)
Smith, Marcia (Screenwriter)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English captions for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Seventh Art Releasing, 2006.
Subjects:
Jones, Jim, > 1931-1978.
Peoples Temple.
Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978.
Cults > United States.
Brainwashing.
Cults.
Guyana.
United States.
1978
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (86 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Life & death of Peoples Temple
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