American Experience

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Directed by Stanley Nelson
TV-PG
S19 • E11    Apr 8, 2007    55m
Examines the story behind the November 1978 mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 people were led to their deaths by cult leader Jim Jones. Included: comments from Jones' son, Jim Jr.; survivor Stanley Clayton; and Hue Fortson, whose wife and child died in the incident.

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Cast of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

  • Jim JonesSelf (archive footage)
  • Leo J. RyanSelf (archive footage)
  • Stanley NelsonDirector
  • Noland WalkerWriter
  • Marcia SmithWriter

 

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