Witness to Jonestown (2008): Cast
Witness to Jonestown is a 2008 documentary starring Jim Jones, Lester Holt and Rebecca Moore. It runs 1 hour 29 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 29m (89 min)
- Genre
- Documentary
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Peacock Productions
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Witness to Jonestown About?
The premise of Witness to Jonestown without spoilers.
The documentary contains rare archival footage filmed inside Jim Jones’ People’s Temple, giving an inside view of the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana. It intersperses survivor interviews that recount personal experiences and probe why about 900 Americans chose to follow Jones to their deaths, shedding light on the cult’s influence and the events.
Witness to Jonestown Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- congregation
- dead
- 17th november
- beliefs
- coercive control laws
- american abroad
- charisma
- 1970s in south america
- armed guard
- death ritual
- apocalypse
- hysteria
+38 more Show fewer
- reference to jonestown
- communal
- assembly
- false hope
- audience
- collective hallucination
- apostasy punishment
- coercion
- communal house
- closed group
- charlatan
- civil rights era
- identity erasure
- blind obedience
- cognitive dissonance
- charlatanism
- caribbean
- anguish
- gruesome incident
- armed
- dangerous sect
- charismatic
- dead girl
- collective submission
- african american
- devotion
- cult history
- faith based obedience
- confusion
- insane man
- commune
- faith
- delusion
- deception
- crowd
- crying
- cult victim
- dangerous cult
Witness to Jonestown Cast
Jim Jones leads the cast, with Lester Holt and Rebecca Moore.
- Jim Jones as themselves
- Lester Holt as themselves
- Rebecca Moore as themselves
- Leo J. Ryan as themselves
Also Starring in Witness to Jonestown
· 10 more- Stephan Jones Themselves
- Tim Carter Themselves
- Hue Fortson Jr. Themselves
- Terri Buford Themselves
- Fred Francis Themselves
- Marshall Kilduff Themselves
- Laura Johnston Kohl Themselves
- Charles A. Krause Themselves
- Tim Reiterman Themselves
- Eugene Smith Themselves
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Movies Like Witness to Jonestown
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown and Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost.
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 2006 -
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown 2024 -
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost 2018 -
Escape From Jonestown 2008 -
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 1980 -
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults 2020 -
Heaven’s Gate: The Untold Story 1999 -
Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil 2018 -
Waco: American Apocalypse 2023 -
The Cult Next Door 2017 -
Witness to the Execution 1994 -
Waco: The Rules of Engagement 1997
Witness to Jonestown FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, cast and post-credit scenes of Witness to Jonestown, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Witness to Jonestown?
Witness to Jonestown runs 1 hour 29 minutes (89 minutes).
When was Witness to Jonestown released?
Witness to Jonestown was released on November 9, 2008.
Who is in the cast of Witness to Jonestown?
Witness to Jonestown stars Jim Jones, Lester Holt and Rebecca Moore, among 14 credited actors.
Does Witness to Jonestown have a post-credit scene?
No. Witness to Jonestown has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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