Product: Jonestown - The Life & Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Rating: 4.0
Pretty much lambs led to slaughter
This is a very graphic documentary about Jim Jones and the church he assembled called People's Temple. The film follows the story of the beginning of the church to the tragic end with commentary by surviving church members. Commentary is also offered by members of the media who were present on that fateful day at the airstrip when gunmen attacked them as they tried to board an airplane to leave.There are many parts that contain the actual voice of Jim Jones spewing his propaganda. I wouldn't call anything I heard sermons or preaching. It seemed like a lot of brainwashing on his part to me. The trickery he employed using miracle healing is discussed and shown. It was mentioned often in the beginning by multiple people that there were a lot of things going on behind the scenes, but nothing was mentioned about how Jones was sexually manipulating a lot of the women. I was surprised about that, since I have watched other documentaries that put a great bit of emphasis on that aspect of what happened. Jones' drug addiction was talked about some, but the main focus was on how many people died. It is very graphic in depicting the reality of the mass suicide.I think this a good documentary, but not very complete.