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Documentaries like Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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The 3 reasons people love Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

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  1. You want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.

  2. You like archive footage that shows a story from the inside.

  3. You can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution2005

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones
    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside

    Good for you if you want to understand how Auschwitz was built and run.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Chernobyl2019

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you want to understand a real disaster.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • Shoah1985

    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside
    • you can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy

    Good for you if you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.

  • LA 922017

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time.

  • Waco: American Apocalypse2023

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones
    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside

    Good for you if you want to understand what really happened at Waco.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones
    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside
    • you can watch a slow descent you know will end in tragedy

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • Challenger: The Final Flight2020

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones
    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Challenger disaster happened.

  • Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey2022

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you want former members telling the truth about a world they escaped.

  • The Ripper2020

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones
    • archive footage that shows a story from the inside

    Good for you if you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.

  • Hearts and Minds1974

    • you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones

    Good for you if you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.

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