Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)

Directors

William A. Graham

Cast

Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright, Brad Dourif, Rosalind Cash, Meg Foster, Diane Ladd, Diana Scarwid

The story

The film draws on Guyana Massacre: The Eyewitness Account and reports from The Washington Post at the time, to describe the life of Jim Jones from a 1960s idealist to the November 1978 mass murder/suicide of members of Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. In the beginning of the film, Jim Jones is seen helping minorities and working against racism. Later, after a move to San Francisco and increased power and attention, Jones becomes focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust, and moves hundreds of his followers to Guyana.

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