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Paradise Lost: The Tragedy of Jonestown
A cinematic video documentary exploring the rise and tragic fall of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple. Tracing their beginnings in Indianapolis, the relocation to San Francisco's progressive scene, their eventual flight to the Guyanese jungle, the fateful visit of Congressman Leo Ryan, the Port Kaituma airstrip ambush, and the chilling mass murder-suicide of 918 followers in Jonestown.
Episode Breakdown
Traces the flight to Guyana, the building of the Jonestown agricultural commune, the airstrip ambush, Jim Jones's revolutionary suicide order, the aftermath, and the global shock that followed.