Jonestown: Paradise Lost
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A harrowing historical documentary that reconstructs the final days of Jonestown through survivor testimony, grappling with mass tragedy, cultic manipulation, and the collapse of a charismatic leader's control.
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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