Director: Stanley Nelson

On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of Peoples Temple died in the largest mass suicide/murder in history. What drew so many people across racial and class lines to the Peoples Temple? How could a diverse group of 900 people be convinced to commit suicide? What was a California congregation doing in the jungles of Guyana? And who was Jim Jones to command such loyalty that parents would murder their own children? Using never before seen archival footage and survivor interviews, ‘Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple’ tells the story of the people who followed Jim Jones from Indiana, to California, and finally to the remote jungles of Guyana, South America, in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal society. (Text provided by 7th Art Releasing.)

View the trailers at: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/jonestown/

PLEASE BE AWARE OF EVENT PARKING DUE TO MEN'S GOPHER HOCKEY GAMES DEC 1 & DEC 2.

"JONESTOWN: THE LIFE & DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY AT THIS YEAR'S GOTHAM AWARDS & ALSO HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THIS YEAR'S ACADEMY AWARDS FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY.

http://gotham.ifp.org/nominees.html

"[A] RIVETING DOCUMENTARY... EVEN MORE CHILLING THAN IT SOUNDS" >Kenneth Turan - LA TIMES
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"KOOL-AID CAN NEVER BE JUST A BRAND NAME AGAIN" >Ella Taylor - LA WEEKLY
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"POWERFUL... A MOVIE TO MAKE YOU SHUDDER" >Stephen Holden - NEW YORK TIMES
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"TRUMPS THE HORROR OF CONRAD'S HEART OF DARKNESS" >J. Hoberman - VILLAGE VOICE
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"ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARIES" >G. Allen Johnson - SF CHRONICLE

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