Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost offers new insights into the Peoples Temple tragedy, exploring lingering questions about Pastor Jim Jones, his religious and social justice movement, and the deaths of his followers that day.
USA
USA
watched this a bit ago and forgot to log, but jim jones is such an insidious example of white people invading progressive spaces with their own agenda and fucking up the lives of the marginalized
thank god i have to be chronically unique about everything, i could never join a cult
(on the real this is extremely tragic and i hate white men abusing scripture for power and fear)
One of the darkest horror stories of the 20th century. Jim's giggling laugh is chilling.
Only useful if you already have a general grasp of the topic. But if you’re somewhat versed, the 1st-hand accounts are harrowing. Had no idea Jones had floated the idea of mass suicide more than once before the actual event.
After reading The Road To Jonestown I didn't really need additional information on the events but seeing the helicopter footage of the journalists coming upon the compound in the aftermath was still an absolute shocking thing to see. Even knowing the numbers it's still hard to wrap your head around.
The story of Jonestown is one of the most shocking and terrifying true stories that is not talked about enough!!! It is hard to believe that what happened actually happened.
Haunting doc that shares a lot of interviews with a good amount of survivors, including two of Jim Jones' sons, who were away at a basketball event on the day of the suicides. The most revelatory part for me was hearing all the audio of Jones raving like a lunatic while hundreds of followers eat it up and realizing that today's "Cult 45" is really a bonafide cult. I never could understand how so many people would fawn over a man who is clearly, shamelessly lying to them. It's the use of trigger words that touch on latent general fears within society. Some of Jim Jones' paranoid rants have been recited by today's current U.S. "President." Almost word-for-word! Sickening to…
The 60s/70s were overflowing with world-changing individuals that happened to be surrounded by coincidence and tragedy.
I definitely enjoyed the different insights, and though I thought I knew most of what happened in Guyana - I was actually shocked to learn even more.
incredibly interesting and important subject but not well done. mega sad story
