Jonestown: Paradise Lost

Jonestown: Paradise Lost

★ 6.7IMDb Score
Released:2007-01-15
Duration:101 min
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Director:Tim Wolochatiuk
Actors:Ted Biggs, Rick Roberts, Quentin Krog, Brendan Murray, Alon Nashman
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Overview:

Jonestown: Paradise Lost is a documentary on the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones. From eyewitness and survivor accounts, it recreates the last week before the mass murder-suicide on November 18, 1978.

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