Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Direction
Nelson lets survivors speak, never sensationalizes.
Editing
Chilling juxtaposition of sermons and aftermath.
Production
Rare footage makes Jones terrifyingly real.
Director
Stanley Nelson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
It was actually Flavor Aid, not Kool-Aid — a devastating brand confusion that outlived 918 people.
The phrase 'drank the Kool-Aid' became corporate slang for blind conformity, erasing the actual human catastrophe. Survivors hate it.
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