Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, is a 2006 documentary film made by Firelight Media. The documentary reveals new footage of the incidents surrounding the Peoples Temple and its leader Jim Jones who led over 900 members of his "Church" to a settlement in Guyana called Jonestown, where he orchestrated a mass suicide with poisoned punch, in 1978. The film premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival where it received the Outstanding Achievement in Documentary award, and was broadcast nationally on Monday, April 9, 2007 on P.B.S.'s documentary program, "American Experience".

Awards

 * Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Feature Documentary, San Francisco International Film Festival


 * Outstanding Achievement in Documentary, 2006 Tribeca Film Festival


 * Nominee, 2006 International Documentary Association Awards

Film festivals

 * Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, 2006
 * Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, 2006
 * Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, June 2006
 * Silver Docs Film Festival, American Film Institute, Discovery Channel Documentary Film Festival, 2006
 * Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
 * BFI 50th Film Festival, British Film Institute, London Film Festival, 2006
 * LA Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, 2006
 * Martha's Vineyard, International Film Festival, Martha's Vineyard, September 2006
 * Milwaukee International Film Festival, October 2006
 * Independent Film Festival of Boston, October 2006

Reviews

 * Doomsday dream believer, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Cheryl Eddy, 2006


 * Compilation of Reviews, Rotten Tomatoes, 2006


 * Review, New York Times, Stephen Holden, 2006
 * Documentary on Tragic Cult Deserves Huge Following, New York Post, Kyle Smith, October 20, 2006


 * Documentary offers rare film of Jim Jones, San Francisco Chronicle, G. Allen Johnson, November 3, 2006


 * Another look at Jonestown, The Washington Post, June 2006


 * Portrait of infamous cult's rise and fall, Star Ledger, New Jersey, October 21, 2006, Stephen Whitty