Sunday, July 20, 2014

Jonestown : Paradise Lost (2007)

Released January 15th in the US.
Filmed in South Africa.
Based on truths.
The story : In November 1978 , San Francisco Congressman Leo Ryan escorted 18 people , including journalists and family members of people in Jonestown to Guyana for a visit.
Jim Jones schooled his followers on how they should behave for the visit and what to say but he still was not happy about any of it.
While the time spent in Jonestown , the Congressman spoke to many who lived there.
He understood that they were mostly happy to be there. But there were some that asked for his help in leaving.
When the Congressman broke the news of some of the Jonestown followers wanting to leave , it angered Jim Jones even more.
All Jim was trying to do by keeping his peoples' lifestyle out of the media was being manipulated by the visit and it had to stop somewhere.
Stars Stephan Jones , Vernon Gosney , Sherwin Harris , Tim Reiterman , Rick Roberts , Quentin Krog , Brendan Murray , Alon Nashman , Greg Ellwand , Kevin Otto , Roxanne Blaise , Cindi Sampson , Dean Slater , Nicole Crozier , Victoria Bartlett , Adrienne Pierce , Pope Jerrod , Patrick Lyster , Olive Cele , Franklin English , Dan Hirst
Directed by Tim Wolochatiuk
Not Rated
HISTORY/DRAMA

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