Jonestown: Paradise Lost

14A
1h 41m
2007
6.8 /10 (23)

Overview

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.

Country : Not Available
Languages : English
Released Date: 2007-01-15

Top Billed Cast

Ted Biggs

Narrator (voice)

Rick Roberts

Jim Jones

Quentin Krog

Stephan Jones

Brendan Murray

Vernon Gosney

Alon Nashman

Sherwin Harris

Greg Ellwand

Congressman Leo Ryan

Kevin Otto

Tim Reiterman

Adrienne Pearce

Sharon Amos

Victoria Bartlett

Marceline Jones

Patrick Lyster

Charles Garry

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