Catch JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLE'S TEMPLE this Friday, October 27th at the Nuart.
On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of Peoples Temple died in the
largest mass suicide/murder in history. What drew so many people across
racial and class lines to the Peoples Temple? And how could such a
diverse group be convinced to commit suicide? Using never-before-seen
archival footage and survivor interviews, director Stanley Nelson and
writer Marcia Smith tell the story of the people who followed preacher
Jim Jones from Indiana to California and finally to the remote jungles
of Guyana, South America, in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal
society and rid the world of injustice.
