mass suicide

In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones founded a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. A preacher with idealistic beliefs, he quickly filled his church with those eager to hear his sermons on social justice. As he became more idealistic his behavior became more erratic and his message, more ominous. His followers leaned on each other for the sense of equality they got from the church but increasingly Jones made it more and more difficult for anyone to leave. Soon Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana, South America. There authorities began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment. Soon Jonestown became a mass murder scene when Jim Jones deprived his followers of food, sleep, and hope, and ultimately forced them to commit "revolutionary suicide".

Tells the story of Jim Jones and People Temple in Guyana and the events that led to the mass suicide of 913 members of People's Temple.

What started as a Utopian dream soon devolved into a terrifying work camp run by a madman, ending in the mass murder-suicide of 914 members in November 1978.