Jonestown
- IMDb link: 3156020
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (105 votes)
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Short, History
- Director: David B. Berget
- Cast: William Russ, Kym Jackson, Noel Arthur, Leandro Cano and others
- Release date: 1 Nov 2013
- Release year: 2013
- Runtime: 23 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: reference to jim jones, jim jones character, cult, suicide, denial, historical lesson, abuse, control, american religious movement, dependency creation
Plot:
In this dramatization of the Jonestown Massacre, one woman comes face-to-face with history's most notorious cult leader, Jim Jones, in a battle to save his people. On November 18, 1978, 1,000 Americans took their lives in the name of revolutionary suicide, a name mankind would interchange with Jim Jones. Just days before The Peoples Temple Church fell to mass suicide, reporter Jessica Levin accompanies a United States Congressman to investigate the living conditions in Jonestown and allegations that Jones employs psychological tricks and violence to trap his followers against their will. But the community is a sea of smiling faces that sing the praises of their leader. To unveil the truth about Jonestown, Jessica must go straight to its heart and confront Jim Jones himself.