Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is a documentary film that examines the rise and tragic mass suicide of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple community in Jonestown, Guyana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple canonical | 2 |
| Jonestown | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Context triple: [Stanley Nelson Jr., notableWork, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Target entity description: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is a documentary film that examines the rise and tragic mass suicide of Jim Jones’s Peoples Temple community in Jonestown, Guyana.
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A.
The Valachi Papers
The Valachi Papers is a 1972 crime film dramatizing the real-life testimony of Mafia informant Joe Valachi and exposing the inner workings of the American Cosa Nostra.
-
B.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film, loosely based on the real-life 1964 murders of civil rights workers in Mississippi, that explores racism and FBI investigation in the Deep South.
-
C.
My Lai village
My Lai village is a settlement in central Vietnam infamous as the site of the 1968 My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.
-
D.
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala is a historical and political analysis book that examines the 1954 U.S.-backed overthrow of Guatemala’s democratically elected government and its lasting consequences.
-
E.
Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven is a true-crime drama miniseries that explores a brutal murder within a fundamentalist Mormon community and the resulting crisis of faith for a devout detective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American documentary film
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documentary film ⓘ |
| award |
Outstanding Achievement in Documentary, Producers Guild of America Award
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Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Programming, Primetime Emmy Award nomination ⓘ |
| basedOnRealEvents | Peoples Temple agricultural project in Guyana ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director |
Stanley Nelson
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linked to:
Stanley Nelson Jr.
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| distributor | PBS ⓘ |
| featuresForm |
archival footage
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interviews ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent | 1978 Jonestown mass murder-suicide ⓘ |
| focusesOnOrganization | Peoples Temple ⓘ |
| focusesOnPerson | Jim Jones ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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historical documentary ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of power
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charismatic leadership ⓘ mass suicide ⓘ religious cults ⓘ utopian communities ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tom Phillips ⓘ |
| narrator |
Stanley Nelson
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linked to:
Stanley Nelson Jr.
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| notableFor | comprehensive oral history of Peoples Temple survivors ⓘ |
| originalChannel | PBS ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | PBS ⓘ |
| portraysTimePeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| producer |
Firelight Media
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Stanley Nelson ⓘ
linked to:
Stanley Nelson Jr.
|
| releaseDate | 2006-04-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 86 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Tribeca Film Festival ⓘ |
| series | American Experience ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Jonestown, Guyana ⓘ |
| subject |
Jim Jones
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Jonestown ⓘ Peoples Temple ⓘ mass suicide in Jonestown ⓘ new religious movements in the United States ⓘ |
| title | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple ⓘ |
| writer |
Marcia Smith
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Noland Walker ⓘ |
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