Jim Jones was a cult leader who on November 18, 1978, orchestrated the mass murder suicide of 909 members of his commune in Jonestown, Guyana. Since the events of the Jonestown Massacre, a massive amount of literature and study has been produced on the subject.[1] Numerous documentaries, films, books, poetry, music and art have covered or been inspired by the events of Jonestown.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Jim Jones and the events at Jonestown has had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.[11] The widely known expression "Drinking the Kool-Aid" originated in the events at Jonestown, although the specific beverage used at the massacre was Flavor Aid rather than Kool-Aid.[12]

Documentaries

Television

Film

Fiction literature

  • Jonestown, by Wilson Harris. London: Faber and Faber, 1996.
  • We Agreed to Meet Just Here, by Scott Blackwood. Kalamazoo, Michigan: West Michigan University Press, 2009.
  • Children of Paradise, by Fred D'Aguiar. New York: HarperCollins, 2014.
  • Before White Night, by Joseph Hartmann. Richmond, Virginia: Belle Isle Books, 2014.
  • White Nights, Black Paradise, by Sikivu Hutchinson. Infidel Books, 2015.
  • Beautiful Revolutionary, by Laura Elizabeth Woollett. London: Scribe. 2018.

Music

Poetry

Theater

  • The Peoples Temple. Written by Leigh Fondakowski, with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh, and Margo Hall. Premiered in 2005[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chidester 2004, p. 46.
  2. 1 2 "The People's Temple, on Stage". NPR. May 1, 2005. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Slaven, Neil (2009). Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa. Omnibus Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0857120434.
  4. 1 2 "Art Notes 2016 – Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple". jonestown.sdsu.edu/.
  5. 1 2 Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle, November 17, 2018, retrieved November 17, 2018
  6. 1 2 Greene, Steve (October 19, 2018). "'Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle' Trailer: SundanceTV Doc Series Reenacts the 1978 Mass Death at People's Temple". IndieWire. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "There's a New Crime Series On The Block". February 28, 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Leonardo DiCaprio In Final Talks To Star & Produce 'Jim Jones' At MGM; Scott Rosenberg Writing". Deadline. November 8, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Cult Leader Jim Jones in Jonestown Thriller 'White Night'". The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "10 Songs About Cult Leader Jim Jones & Jonestown". Themusicalhype.com. October 20, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  11. ↑ Chidester 2004, p. 26-45.
  12. ↑ "'Jonestown': Portrait of a Disturbed Cult Leader". Day to Day. October 20, 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Colchester Film Festival 2013—Jonestown". YouTube. October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  14. ↑ Petiteau, Frantz-E. Camion Blanc: Jeroic Fantasy & Metal L Volume 1. Camion Blanc. p. 391. ISBN 978-2357796065.

Sources

  • Chidester, David (2004). Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the People's Temple and Jonestown (Religion in North America) (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253216328.
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