Jonestown: Paradise Lost

Jonestown: Paradise Lost

2007•1h 41m•6.8/10

HistoryDocumentaryCrimeDrama

Ratings

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6.8/10(24)

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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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ted Biggs

Narrator (voice)

Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts

Jim Jones

Quentin Krog

Stephan Jones

Brendan Murray

Brendan Murray

Vernon Gosney

Alon Nashman

Sherwin Harris

Greg Ellwand

Greg Ellwand

Congressman Leo Ryan

Kevin Otto

Kevin Otto

Tim Reiterman

Adrienne Pearce

Adrienne Pearce

Sharon Amos

Victoria Bartlett

Marceline Jones

Patrick Lyster

Charles Garry

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