Product: Jonestown - The Life & Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Rating: 5.0
An excellent documentary. . .but.. . .
This is a great documentary, but it really left out some MAJOR details. It never mentions the beatings and tortures that people were subject to in Jonestown. It doesn't mention the long over-worked hours people spent in the crop fields. The fact that they were not fed substantial amounts of food. The fact that sex was not allowed, even by married couples. The closing credits list the family members lost to each ex-Temple member that was interviewed. . .except Deborah Layton. Layton may be the most important person to mention because she was a key figure that started the investigations into Jonestown. She also wrote the book "Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple". Deborah lost her mother to cancer a week before the suicide killings. And her brother Larry was the only person arresting and imprisoned for crimes in Jonestown (guilt only by association). I'd think they might kinda want to mention the fate of Debbie's family in this documentary too. Also, I don't know why the deleted scenes were cut from the film because they were all important details.Again, a great documentary, but give credit, stories, and information where it's due.