Jonestown Docs and TV Specials
Content exploring Jim Jones, The Peoples Temple, and the Jonestown Massacre.
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- DirectorTim WolochatiukStarsTed BiggsStephan JonesVernon GosneyCult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.
- StarsEdith BogueThom BogueBob BrownA documentary on the 40th anniversary of the largest murder-suicide in American history, when over 900 members of the Peoples Temple consumed a deadly cyanide-laced drink on the orders of leader Jim Jones.
- 202125mTV EpisodeDirectorEmmanuel BlanchardDominique KalifaStarsJohn HallNathalie LucaEnrico PozziIt is 1978, Guyana. Reverend Jim Jones held an apocalyptic mass. Its' outcome? The sacrifice of 918 members of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an American cult founded in the mid-1950s. The entire world was horrified by journalists' accounts, and the images they saw of Jonestown, and this event haunted small communities and alternative forms of worship throughout the 1970s.
- StarsDean StockwellMarshall ApplewhiteRobert BalchHow does the charismatic energy of any leader result in the voluntary death of hundreds, even a thousand people. Throughout the development civilization, incidents of mass suicide have shaken humanity to it's foundation. Yet history records very different social attitudes toward these extreme events. From the martyrdom staged at Masada against the Romans, to the debauchery and carnage perpetrated by Jim Jones in Guyana, are these the acts of the morally righteous or the morally depraved? In the end, what made them do it?
- DirectorDavid N. GottliebStarsJim JonesA filmed documentary on Rev. Jim Jones and his cult.
- StarsQueen Elizabeth IIJudith RowbothamKendrick OliverThe history of mankind is a never-ending story of change but no span of 100 years can claim to have claim to have changed the world so much.
- StarsMichael StoneShoko AsaharaTim CarterMichael Stone analyzes four of the 20th century's most deadly cult leaders: Shoko Asahara, Adolfo Constanzo, Charles Manson and Jim Jones.
- DirectorPhilip DauberStarsLeonard NimoyThom BogueStanley ClaytonAn examination of cult leader, Jim Jones, and his People's Temple following that culminated into a horrific mass suicide in Guyana.
- StarsRobert PowellKenneth BianchiAngelo Buono Jr.At last, for the first time here is a major new series of the most extraordinary stories behind the greatest crimes and trials of this century. True stories carefully researched and reconstructed with actual archive footage. Cases which have become almost legendary in the annals of crime and detection.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsPowers BootheNed BeattyIrene CaraThe real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.Scripted theatrical film based on the life of Jim Jones.
- StarsVernon GosneyLeslie Wagner-WilsonTim CarterDocuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary.4 Part Documentary
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsStuart WhitmanGene BarryJohn IrelandReverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide. But not all of them follow him blindly and begin to think on their own.Scripted theatrical film based on the Jonestown events.
- 2018–201942mTV-148.0 (27)TV EpisodeStarsTheresa CroftJess CagleJim JonesIn the late 50's Jim Jones founded the People's Temple focused on helping those in need. By 1975 he was setting up what was supposed to be a utopia known as Jonestown. But utopia quickly turned into a hell as Jones spiraled deeper into his own paranoia.
- DirectorGary SinyorStarsRichard LinternCraig JacksonEileen BarkerWhat motivated cult leaders Jim Jones, David Koresh and Marshall Applewhite.
- 2019– 42mTV-147.5 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorRenee CullenStarsDonnie WahlbergStephan JonesJohn R. HallMore than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide. But the truth is more complicated, more horrifying, and more tragic than that. This episode dives deep into the life of Jones, from his lonely childhood to his spectacular rise as a charismatic minister sought out by politicians and film stars, and finally, to an almost unimaginable end: the mass murder of those who once called him "father."2 Part Documentary
- StarsLester HoltJosh MankiewiczJim JonesAn in-depth look at the journalists, who exposed the dangers of cult leader Reverend Jim Jones; interviews with witnesses to murders, carried out by Jones' followers;
- StarsDouglas BrinkleyVincent BugliosiJeff GuinnCult killings like the Manson Family murders and serial killers such as The Zodiac, The Hillside Strangler, John Wayne Gacy and the Son of Sam have the nation gripped in fear as crime and murder dramatically rise throughout the decade.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsRebecca MooreJanet ShularTim CarterFeaturing never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
- StarsTom Kane
- StarsSoledad O'BrienInterviewed: Gerry & Tracy Parks, Leslie Wagner, Tim Carter, Verne Gosney, and Jackie Speier. Brief appearance by Robert Paul.
- DirectorSteve WebbStarsJohn FraySamantha ColeRobert NolanVernon Gosney is 19 and estranged from his parents when he arrives at a small commune in the idyllic Californian countryside called The People's Temple with his young wife, Cheryl. Thirteen year old Leslie Wagner Wilson is brought to live at the commune by her single mother. With charismatic leader Jim Jones' healing miracles and emphasis on social equality for all, Vernon and Leslie both feel like they've found a beautiful way of life. But their paradise soon becomes a prison as Jim Jones turns to violence and mind control and moves the community to a remote jungle location in Guyana. Stuck in the jungle with no means of contacting the outside world and a despotic leader obsessed with mass suicide, Vernon and Leslie are desperate to escape. But will they make it out in time?Interviewed: Verne Gosney and Leslie Wagner
- DirectorNicole RittenmeyerStarsJim JonesStephan JonesMarceline JonesJim Jones wasn't the only one responsible for the mass suicide. Blame the woman he loved, used and abused along the way. Everything about him was fake, even the "miracles" performed. Now these women describe what it was like to be at Jonestown. By personal stories and letters written to love ones, paradise was lost to sex and drugs. The dream became an illusion.Interviewed: Stephan Jones, Leslie Wagner, Hue Fortson, Laura Johnston Kohl, Jordan Vilchez, and Rebecca Moore.
- DirectorMel WhiteStarsJim JonesJeannie MillsGrace Stoen
- DirectorJohn BorowskiStarsEd GillilandLaura Johnston KohlRobert RayJonestown Survivor Laura Johnston Kohl discusses surviving the Jonestown Massacre. San Diego State University discusses their Jonestown exhibit.Survivors interviewed: Laura Johnston Kohl. Also interviewed: Robert Ray, head of special collections at San Diego State University. Showcases the massive collection of People’s Temple artifacts and documentation.
- DirectorSheldon RenanStarsChuck RileyEd DorrisThomas NoguchiA documentary of the decline of America. It features footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much, much more.