Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) Powers Booth James Earl Jones

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  • @richardbrowning8221
    @richardbrowning8221 Рік тому +187

    No one could have done Jim Jones better than Powers Booth. He was the epitome of the man. Extremely underrated actor. RIP Mr.Booth you are dearly missed. I never saw him take on a role that wasn't outstanding!

    • @dora1980
      @dora1980 11 місяців тому +9

      Yes but he won an Emmy for this role.

    • @sayitloudblcknproud
      @sayitloudblcknproud 11 місяців тому +8

      This movie did make him a household name though.😊

    • @mavjimbo
      @mavjimbo 11 місяців тому +6

      Just a perfect performance

    • @ronaldbaldwin4505
      @ronaldbaldwin4505 11 місяців тому +9

      And on the other end of the spectrum. I wonder whose grand idea to cast Ned beatty as congressman Ryan.
      The movie, while magnificent and Boothe was Great left a lot of stuff out(and it was still 3 hours). It would've been interesting for them to have had shown the the assassination attempt on Ryan back at the pavillon that occurred before the actual killing of ryan.

    • @jonnabanas7887
      @jonnabanas7887 10 місяців тому +2

      @@ronaldbaldwin4505😊

  • @guymorris6596
    @guymorris6596 Рік тому +135

    None of those people in that cult questioned why a minister would wear sunglasses inside a church.

    • @djjackson-pickett7558
      @djjackson-pickett7558 Рік тому +10

      The details that matter!!!

    • @QuadriviumNumbers
      @QuadriviumNumbers Рік тому +1

      No black people question ANYTHING their preachers do! And your point?

    • @v.b6028
      @v.b6028 Рік тому +24

      😂😂I’ve often thought this. Everything about Jim Jones is creepy

    • @thedarknessunderneathpodca6366
      @thedarknessunderneathpodca6366 6 місяців тому +28

      He said he wore sunglasses because his eyes were full of blinding light that would cause you to go blind. I am not making this up.

    • @xtina6569
      @xtina6569 6 місяців тому +11

      Even tho it was just the drugs lol had to wear sunnies

  • @mlbrooks4066
    @mlbrooks4066 Рік тому +199

    Beware of anyone who wants you to give up everything and follow them. Beware of anyone who makes you afraid and claims he is your only salvation.

    • @hootinouts
      @hootinouts 11 місяців тому +6

      Amen

    • @upbestsalt1551
      @upbestsalt1551 9 місяців тому +19

      Besides Jesus

    • @alexanderspear9464
      @alexanderspear9464 7 місяців тому +9

      I guess we should beware of Jesus then. He stated to give everything up, and follow him.

    • @ShadowFungus
      @ShadowFungus 7 місяців тому

      Jesus taught to love one another, to forgive, to show compassion, not to kill or commit suicide.@@alexanderspear9464

    • @Lee-fx7md
      @Lee-fx7md 7 місяців тому +29

      Yep. Like Donald Trump has his cult worshiping him...he's another Jim Jones...smh...

  • @boringlyawesum
    @boringlyawesum 2 роки тому +228

    i remember a co-worker telling me black people never join cults....i told him i guess you never heard of jonestown

    • @blkcoverboy1049
      @blkcoverboy1049 2 роки тому

      And the sad part is a lot of black folk are in cults and don’t even realize. That’s the scary part about cults.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +3

      Here they go always being mad we got goat at home😂

    • @brendalockhart7568
      @brendalockhart7568 2 роки тому +1

      This was the first and last time you seen black folks join cults

    • @Coco-xw3wp
      @Coco-xw3wp Рік тому

      But you're co-worker was absolutely right! The people at Jonestown were forced into Jonestown, Believe it or not Jonestown was a secret mind control experiment aimed at African Americans primarily black women & children who most were ward's of the state! Some drank the poison but 98% of them were slaughtered by the army's finest! This is the reason Leo Ryan was investing this! Ryan was the 3 letter word's biggest threat at the time...

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Lol, gangsta culture IS the biggest cult in modern history, preying on the least intelligent so they wander about with their pants riding below their asses for ready access. black culture is a cult itself so in that sense gansta culture is a cult within a cult.

  • @triciajohansen7124
    @triciajohansen7124 Рік тому +373

    Powers Boothe did an AMAZING job in portraying Jim Jones! He became him and was a dead ringer for the real madman himself. I can see why he won an Emmy for this role. RIP Mr. Boothe, you are missed.🙏😪❤

    • @triciajohansen7124
      @triciajohansen7124 Рік тому +3

      @@diloo1861 or the people who preach it.

    • @werrahagi
      @werrahagi Рік тому +1

      grdsst

    • @zenglider2145
      @zenglider2145 Рік тому +19

      Indeed a great actor. "Hurr-ray children, hurraaaay" He also played Curly Bill Brocius in Tombstone.

    • @krystingrant6292
      @krystingrant6292 Рік тому +14

      WOW 😮 he won an Emmy well deserved

    • @triciajohansen7124
      @triciajohansen7124 Рік тому +4

      @@krystingrant6292 yes, indeed!😎

  • @NewsHistorian
    @NewsHistorian 9 місяців тому +104

    It's remarkable that this was produced so soon after the actual event.

    • @abbieconnie2012
      @abbieconnie2012 7 місяців тому +14

      Yeah there a 2nd one called Guyana: Cult of the Damned which was Released in 1979 which u can find on UA-cam

    • @Loudes012
      @Loudes012 6 місяців тому +8

      Yeah a premeditated movie.
      Like the U.S. that sent astronauts to the moon.

    • @All5AJz
      @All5AJz 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Loudes012 and never went back

    • @eej1983able
      @eej1983able 2 місяці тому

      I noticed that too. Kind of like a Lifetime style.

    • @leighsain3606
      @leighsain3606 2 місяці тому

      Yes...I know...I saw the movie the first time it was released in 1980...it was shocking then as it is now...do you see the correlation between this tragedy and the way that the antichrist will come to power

  • @Rico-ow3ys
    @Rico-ow3ys 8 місяців тому +96

    They made great TV movies back in the 70's and 80's. Roots, Salem's Lot, Born Innocent, Deadly Tower, World War III, The Day After, Trilogy of Terror, etc.

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 7 місяців тому +5

      Yup.

    • @Somnivore7
      @Somnivore7 7 місяців тому +3

      Don't forget lonesome dove!

    • @Andmusfan603
      @Andmusfan603 7 місяців тому +2

      V

    • @funkenstien1155
      @funkenstien1155 6 місяців тому +1

      World War III scared me when I was a kid

    • @tammylewis2408
      @tammylewis2408 6 місяців тому +3

      The ABC Movie, NBC Movie of the Week, CBS Special Presentation, and lots of well-known actors did TV movies in those days.

  • @flightofthebumblebee9529
    @flightofthebumblebee9529 Рік тому +207

    The final minutes of this film are more horrifying than any horror film could ever be.

    • @LordZontar
      @LordZontar Рік тому +21

      That whole sequence was based almost moment for moment from the audiocassette recovered from the People's Temple compound. The batteries on the recorder were low so the tape ran slower than normal and captured the entire 40 minute massacre/mass suicide.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @oscarfairley6600
      @oscarfairley6600 Рік тому +9

      That's because there are audio tapes of this craziness. Found by the government when they arrived later.

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 Рік тому +21

      @@oscarfairley6600 i listened to the entire 45 min tape. It's sickening and horrible. You first hear children crying and screaming then it gets quieter and quieter as more and more people lay it down. Hearing this monster gaslight them and tell them how he was on the phone with Russia and all this other CRAP made me so disgusted.

    • @NewsHistorian
      @NewsHistorian 9 місяців тому +10

      Unlike most horror movies that really happened and was probably more horrifying than depicted here.

  • @glorialoo3165
    @glorialoo3165 8 місяців тому +37

    Mind control is the worst kind of sin. It not only robs you of your true identity, it robs you of your very soul.

    • @3912James
      @3912James 3 місяці тому

      He voice acted another character who specialized in mind control: Gorilla Grodd.

  • @SayNo2NoseBeers
    @SayNo2NoseBeers 5 місяців тому +17

    My grandmother is from San Francisco and went to see Jim Jones with my mother in the 70's a few times.
    She got a bad feeling and never went back... But also mentioned how it was mostly black people and all the staff was white...

    • @feliciagrant4634
      @feliciagrant4634 22 дні тому

      The first black kid was his adopted son who. Wanted a hair cut so yeah

  • @namseer
    @namseer Рік тому +47

    This film will always be remembered for the Emmy award-winning portrayal of Jim Jones by the late, great Powers Boothe.

    • @LeggieGlasgow
      @LeggieGlasgow 3 місяці тому +2

      He was a magnificent actor RIP..

  • @capoislamort100
    @capoislamort100 2 роки тому +280

    Powers Booth was phenomenal in this piece-great actor.

    • @empresserica
      @empresserica 2 роки тому +9

      He was

    • @MrPGC137
      @MrPGC137 2 роки тому +15

      The entire cast was excellent, too; all of them. Brad Douriff, Diana Scarwid, Ned Beatty as the congressman, Angela Cartwright, and of course, James Earl Jones, all of them. It's hard to believe that such a good movie with such a great cast was made only for television. (It's even harder to believe that no "official" home-video of this movie is available.)

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +4

      That little boy at the end was like, do I have to daddy?😌

    • @Ramblin-Man
      @Ramblin-Man 2 роки тому +3

      @@empresserica Yeah, Powers BOOTHE was great...

    • @FuckYouWhosNext
      @FuckYouWhosNext Рік тому +2

      I like Ned Beaty in this! he is the discount M. Emmet Walsh and what about James Earl (Darth Vader) Jones?

  • @QueenEvil504
    @QueenEvil504 Рік тому +60

    My husband is from Guyana. My MIL says she remembers this very well, the land has now been taken back over by nature.

    • @Ballerina00
      @Ballerina00 6 місяців тому +5

      Kinda poignant really, maybe nature can somehow cleanse that land. I have heard the people in Guyana didn't want them there, understandable.

    • @shauntaylor6040
      @shauntaylor6040 6 місяців тому +4

      They thought they could grow crops, but the locals told them it wasn't possible, and it wasn't.

    • @Ballerina00
      @Ballerina00 6 місяців тому +1

      @@shauntaylor6040 I thought they did grow lots of crops? Photos from there showed they were successful eventually.

    • @Gunner192
      @Gunner192 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Ballerina00 if so, it hasn't been cleansed yet. It's still haunted right now.

    • @Ballerina00
      @Ballerina00 3 місяці тому

      @@Gunner192 Understandable. So much tragedy there.

  • @kayandaeddings4803
    @kayandaeddings4803 Рік тому +37

    My grandmother told me about Jim Jones as a kid. When she raised us, she didn’t like us going to church except for when I go with my grandparents. She never took us to church because one of our family members used to be a part of peoples temple and that was my great great grandma. I’m so glad one of our relatives told her please don’t go to Guyana. I remember a similar situation as an adult at church. It was communion day and we had not one but two pastors because we lost our church. So the pastor who was pastoring told us to take our communion to our seats. My pastor at the time says no no no. I want all of y’all to stand right in front of me I don’t want no Jim Jones situation.

    • @dora1980
      @dora1980 11 місяців тому +1

      But Jim Jones was not a priest or a Christian. He was a COMMUNIST.

  • @olgaharris1103
    @olgaharris1103 2 роки тому +551

    When he put on those shades, it was time to go. When they stop teaching God’s word and start preaching theirs, that’s another sign, along with donating possessions.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +20

      Well, they were desperate obviously because racism of course. Plus, I guess they was being extra at the cookout too back then😏

    • @Angel-wo6qh
      @Angel-wo6qh Рік тому +12

      😂😂Right 👏🏽 😎

    • @Amanglophile
      @Amanglophile Рік тому +5

      I agree!!!

    • @brendabattle9088
      @brendabattle9088 Рік тому

      👀FIRST ALL AM NOT GOIN N NOOOOO JUNGLE !!! CAMP OUT NONE OF THAT!!! SECOND NOBODY TAKEN MY PROPERTY,BANKCARDS,ID!!! THIRD THE GOVERNMENT WAS N ON IT!!! RESEARCH

    • @Ariel692769
      @Ariel692769 Рік тому

      Uh-huh and sleeping with the women, separating husband from wife and abusing people.

  • @annenew8220
    @annenew8220 2 роки тому +119

    True story of a false prophet

  • @FieldMarshalRommel23
    @FieldMarshalRommel23 Рік тому +134

    R.I.P. to Congressman Ryan and the other innocent victims of the diabolical Jones.

    • @LOKKIKITTIE
      @LOKKIKITTIE 26 днів тому

      Really wish people would stop turning a blind eye to the fact that it's considerably that man's fault they're all dead. Those people trusted him with that note and he took it to who they did not want to hear what they said. That's what set him off. He just had to make like they were leaving and play it off like they got what they wanted and it was a safe place and come in later with the army. He should've played it smart and kept those people alive and Jones fooled long enough to really save everyone.

  • @thomaswentt1047
    @thomaswentt1047 Рік тому +23

    Powers Boothe as the self-absorbed tyrant and Brad Dourif as the doctor, for a second I thought I was watching Deadwood

  • @andrealey6720
    @andrealey6720 Рік тому +78

    I just cannot believe this is a real story and Powers played so well that I actually believe he is Jim Jones. His face will stay in my head

    • @msrain1235
      @msrain1235 Рік тому +4

      Every time that I saw PB I thought about JJ. His portrayal was so good!

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Many members of Jim Jones' congregation had him within their heads too as they supped avidly upon his divine rod

    • @cleolarhodes
      @cleolarhodes 3 місяці тому

      I feel like that about Danny Glover. For years when I saw him, all I could see was Mister from The Color Purple. Forget those Lethal Weapon movies.

  • @susanwilson3424
    @susanwilson3424 18 днів тому +5

    My uncle begged my dad to borrow some money so he could go to Guyana. My dad told him under NO circumstances would he give him a nickel to follow that false prophet. It was never spoken of again....

  • @jayinaz3221
    @jayinaz3221 Рік тому +63

    So cool this was posted. I remember seeing it on TV, back in the day, when I was a kid. This event had an impact on me, I was born in 1967, the type of boy who read Time magazine, and growing up 'cults' were everywhere, from the Manson family to Patty Hearst, charismatic leaders using mind control a constant theme. Jonestown the granddaddy of them all, the worst cult of them all, such a huge tragedy. Powers Booth is brilliantly cast here, he is perfect.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +1

      Indeed, Wille Brown and Harvey Milkoff Merchant were big supporters of Jim Jones as was the then First Lady Rosalind Carter.

    • @jayinaz3221
      @jayinaz3221 10 місяців тому +2

      @@harryricochet8134 Your eagerness to throw Democrats under the bus is distastefful. Mrs. Carter did a meet and greet with many 'community leaders' on a trip to San Francisco, a routine photo op, calling her a 'big supporter' of Jones since he was among them is more than a little unfair.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 10 місяців тому +2

      @@jayinaz3221 Incorrect, by the very nature of her role as FOTUS at that time Rosalynn Carter was in fact the epoch of a broad far-left Democratic base of elected members who very strongly supported Jones over many years by making formal representations upon his behalf, providing character references and who both on the floor of the House and in public persistently interdicted and defamed the motivation of the growing number of people, mainly family members, who attempted to intervene when they became aware of the degrading situation at Jonestown including their own fellow Democrat Congressman the extraordinarily courageous late Leo Ryan. Nobody needs to throw anyone under any buses when the hat of widely-known historic fact fits so very well. It was at least good to see that Milk got his karmic comeuppance within days of the massacre, which was long-overdue given his long history of serialised behavioural patterns with male minors alone.

    • @jayinaz3221
      @jayinaz3221 10 місяців тому

      @@harryricochet8134 Alot of people got Jones wrong, especially prior to the move to Guyana. Calling Rosalyn Carter the epoch of the far left is such nonsense. Jimmy Carter and his wife were moderates. Rosalyn followed in Betty Ford's footsteps as a fine First Lady. Trashing the Carters when they're soon to die is trashy hyperpartisan baloney.

    • @jilllowry2483
      @jilllowry2483 3 місяці тому

      *Harvey Milk *

  • @GeminiCoco
    @GeminiCoco Рік тому +30

    This is the best docufilm on the Guyana tragedy.. and Powers Booth gave one of his best performances

  • @yepisaidit1507
    @yepisaidit1507 2 роки тому +278

    Why don't people talk about this tragedy anymore?! Thank you for posting this!! You're so informative!

    • @blackenpowerment0140
      @blackenpowerment0140 2 роки тому +52

      Because, just like CRT, them folks don't like to hear about the evil dirt that is in their souls.
      They want to bury the truth in the sands of time.
      "The Black community will ALWAYS REMEMBER.😒

    • @mindyourmess4386
      @mindyourmess4386 2 роки тому +31

      One of the survivors is in the process of making a documentary.

    • @robynsegg
      @robynsegg 2 роки тому +24

      @@blackenpowerment0140 I certainly do! I was a kid in grade school when this happened. At the time, this was the largest loss of civilian life EVER. The pictures of all those dead bodies laying around out in the open still bothers me to this day. 😭 It just creeped me out and sadden me that almost 1000 people died just because they got sucked by this con-man. 😭

    • @robynsegg
      @robynsegg 2 роки тому +28

      Trust me, they still do. Ever few years or so, there's a new documentary on this subject. No one will ever forget the madness of #JimJones. 😠

    • @mindyourmess4386
      @mindyourmess4386 2 роки тому +21

      @@robynsegg I watch every documentary or panel discussion I can about this tragedy. Especially with the black survivors.

  • @CoreyTeague
    @CoreyTeague Рік тому +187

    This movie, based on a true story, proves how potent FAITH is. Once you can get people to establish complete faith in you, you can control them.

    • @eyemnew2991
      @eyemnew2991 Рік тому +16

      Complete faith in the wrong person is not faith.

    • @BadTV1993
      @BadTV1993 Рік тому +32

      @@eyemnew2991 Faith is Faith, misguided or not

    • @cristineconnell7803
      @cristineconnell7803 Рік тому +24

      Be very careful what you place your trust in! My Faith comes from my MAKER & not man!

    • @angloaust1575
      @angloaust1575 Рік тому +1

      Antichrist who is yet to come will
      Deceive many!

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 Рік тому

      I used to fantasize about going to Jonestown and infiltrating it, and getting close to Jones and decapitating him and showing all these misguided folks that he is only a human, and now a dead one.

  • @toddanthony6664
    @toddanthony6664 2 роки тому +46

    Anytime someone appoints themselves as a "spiritual father" and says that only they can bring you salvation and they make their way into your wallet and personal life, RUN!!!

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +1

      Sup, bro. We got it covered. Man upstairs currently got that insured and on the remodeling/renovation list. Y’all finna be geeked on how the pyramids upstairs look🙋🏽‍♂️

    • @toddanthony6664
      @toddanthony6664 2 роки тому +3

      @@the2ndcoming135 🏃🏿‍♂️

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +2

      @@toddanthony6664 welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games🤣

    • @NAJAI1
      @NAJAI1 2 роки тому +2

      @@toddanthony6664 🏃‍♀🏃‍♀😂

    • @marcuscherry6685
      @marcuscherry6685 8 місяців тому +1

      😂

  • @larkpraise
    @larkpraise Рік тому +35

    They were being starved to death with only rice and beans to eat, while this demented man had plenty of food to eat in private.

    • @obersturmfuhrer88
      @obersturmfuhrer88 Рік тому +4

      He said he had certain dietary conditions so he had to have meat and other different food. He was very demented

    • @KenMasters.
      @KenMasters. Рік тому +6

      @@obersturmfuhrer88
      That's still messed up, because everyone loves meat more than they love rice and beans.

    • @ActiveAussie2024
      @ActiveAussie2024 Рік тому +3

      He had a fridge and air con in his cabin. Nobody else had that.

    • @tammylewis2408
      @tammylewis2408 6 місяців тому +2

      He also was a drug addict, and was addicted to speed, which increased his paranoia and violent tempers.

    • @MariaAntrenette-ys9fs
      @MariaAntrenette-ys9fs 5 днів тому

      He treated those people like they were slaves he was a Evil did 👿

  • @blkcoverboy1049
    @blkcoverboy1049 2 роки тому +154

    This story and the Atlanta Child Murders always haunted me and stuck with me. Don’t know why but they STILL do to this day at my 48 years of age

  • @ericmaxcy6793
    @ericmaxcy6793 2 роки тому +100

    When Jim Jones had that boy slapped that was up all night painting the nursery !
    Everyone should have gotten up and left that evil church!!!!

    • @jwiheath1928
      @jwiheath1928 2 роки тому +18

      So true

    • @msrain1235
      @msrain1235 Рік тому +13

      Shame, on his mother, for thinking that it was okay.

    • @ellenekanem
      @ellenekanem 8 місяців тому +5

      Unfortunately, JJ had already announced that no one was allowed to leave that church, or there'd be consequences.

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 7 місяців тому +1

      Exactly!

    • @Somnivore7
      @Somnivore7 7 місяців тому +3

      The "church" used to do this constantly. Public shame was one of Jones's biggest tactics. He would even encourage the congregation to mock and laugh at the person.

  • @dwaynejeffers1632
    @dwaynejeffers1632 Рік тому +43

    #1 Always be an independent thinker. #2 Never let an organization have that much power over you. #3 Don't drink their Kool aid! May you live to see the dawn.

    • @Kim63146
      @Kim63146 Рік тому +7

      Indeed! I value my intelligence. I always wondered how some people can be easily misled. 😕

    • @jackmaddesty
      @jackmaddesty Рік тому +2

      NEVER LET ANY ORGANISATION HAVE ANY POWER OVER YOU, AT ALL, EVER.

    • @brucewayne799
      @brucewayne799 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Kim63146some people are weak minded

  • @walternavarro595
    @walternavarro595 Рік тому +35

    Powers Boothe was born for this role! The man loved his craft!

  • @africanhistory2855
    @africanhistory2855 2 роки тому +40

    This movie can remind us not to hang our hats on every smooth word coming out of charismatic politicians and speakers....and lulled ta sleep
    Thanks ... Seen it before, but it's something about watching it again with Reelblack viewers

  • @bubb5225
    @bubb5225 Рік тому +50

    This is just about the greatest and most chilling made-for-tv movies ever made. It needs to be restored.
    I remember when Jonestown happened. It was at Thanksgiving 1978. My temporary job wouldn’t let me take off the day before Thanksgiving so I could make the 3-hour trip home from DC to South Jersey. So me and a friend made the drive Thanksgiving day.
    We got to the Delaware bridge just at twilight. The sun was setting and there were red and grey, dark and light gray, streaks of clouds low in the sky. Then, near the bridge, a bizarre and unexpected sight. Things that reminded me of jacks, you know, from the old game, balls and jacks, huge jacks flying up in the sky, getting lower and lower, bigger and bigger
    These were the first military cargo planes coming in from Jonestown. They were landing at Dover AFB. We instantly knew what they were and said, “Oh no, how depressing,” for we were depressed anyway, there was a recession and jobs were hard to find and all the news was bad news in those days. Jim Jones’ body was on one of those planes.
    The specter of Jonestown is with us today, every day. Jonestown foreshadowed our times more than 40 years later. Who or what else today is saying, “Come to the pavilion my children.” Who or what else is telling people to go along with dark advice that is, to say the least, not in their best interest? Who is drinking the Kool Aid now? Who is going to die, bodily or in spirit, for going along with cult deeds and thoughts? I think we all know the answer. And knowing it, we’ve got to take action to stop it.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Indeed, today's Jim Jones is Joe Biden. Wille Brown and Harvey Milkoff Merchant were big supporters of Jim Jones as was the then First Lady Rosalind Carter.

    • @rizvaldo7209
      @rizvaldo7209 9 місяців тому +5

      Scientology, Zionism, NXIVM...

    • @KyleShiflet13666
      @KyleShiflet13666 8 місяців тому +2

      It's up there with Helter Skelter (1976)

    • @davidvalensi8616
      @davidvalensi8616 7 місяців тому

      The people drinking the Kool aid today are the people, knowing what terrorists do, who support terrorists.

  • @tanasha396
    @tanasha396 Рік тому +66

    This is what's happening today just on a bigger scale.

  • @adrianharry2612
    @adrianharry2612 Рік тому +27

    Watching from Guyana 🇬🇾

  • @johndconqueror555
    @johndconqueror555 Рік тому +54

    Jonestown was not a mass suicide. It was a mass murder.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @msrain1235
      @msrain1235 11 місяців тому +4

      Agreed

    • @abbieconnie2012
      @abbieconnie2012 9 місяців тому +6

      It both

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you.

    • @mortimerbrewster3671
      @mortimerbrewster3671 3 місяці тому

      Many of them willingly drank the kool aid. It was a mass suicide and murder.

  • @TraitofSiNN727
    @TraitofSiNN727 Рік тому +30

    Powers Boothe is a legend of film...i'm so blessed to watch for who he truly was. a awesome actor. rest heavenly Mr Boothe.

  • @annetteb2432
    @annetteb2432 2 роки тому +64

    Wow! One of my grandmother's sisters died over there with that evil clown. this movie always brings back a lot of old not good memories for me. I can still remember my grandmother crying when she found out her Lil Sis was dead. Thanks.🙏🏽💋

    • @probunnysaavy7589
      @probunnysaavy7589 2 роки тому +8

      Oh no! What was her name? I do not think the relatives ever got over this.

    • @judewilliams3911
      @judewilliams3911 2 роки тому +5

      MY SYMPATHIES TOO YOU BEAUTIFUL

    • @NovemberReigne
      @NovemberReigne Рік тому

      I am sorry for your loss, I hope that Jim Jones is getting his punishment in hell

    • @trevorbarnhill3399
      @trevorbarnhill3399 Рік тому +10

      Wow, I am so sorry that this happened to your family and your Great Aunt fell victim to this despicable piece of evil garbage. Rest assured that Mr. Jones to this day, almost 45 years later, is still burning in agony in Hell as we speak.

    • @kehindea
      @kehindea Рік тому +2

      Sorry for your loss

  • @JoeyCalico-ne2ei
    @JoeyCalico-ne2ei Рік тому +41

    This freaked everyone out back then, still disturbing

  • @eckankar7756
    @eckankar7756 Рік тому +53

    When I was a kid we went to Jones' church in Indiana. I remember him as a dark figure. Something happened one visit, my mom grabbed me and we ran out of his house and drove away, never returning. I don't know what happened.

    • @MyriamRichardsdotter
      @MyriamRichardsdotter Рік тому +5

      You mean you ran out of his church?

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 Рік тому +6

      @@MyriamRichardsdotter we where at his home

    • @taydriver5199
      @taydriver5199 11 місяців тому +3

      @@eckankar7756 Can you ask your mom what happened?

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +2

      In those days many of the most burdened congregationists would frequently attend private study sessions at his abode where they would kneel in supplication before Reverend Jones then supp avidly upon his divine rod until it would suddenly rear up and anoint their visage with his sackrament of divine grace. Perhaps this is what occurred upon that fateful day of which you speak.

    • @Carryon22865
      @Carryon22865 3 місяці тому

      She saw the 👺

  • @gterrymed
    @gterrymed Рік тому +17

    your channel is EXCELLENT! A national treasure. I'm glad it looks like they stopped harassing you over copyright garbage

  • @Iheartdrumzz
    @Iheartdrumzz Рік тому +18

    i keep watching this cause Powers Boothe is amazing at this role. I'll never get tired of watching things about Jonestown, and i hope all the poor people that were murdered there know that the world knows about their story

  • @danielcruz8347
    @danielcruz8347 2 роки тому +33

    Powers Boothe played it creepy to the Vest..Be careful of the koolaid that we drink..Movie makes me so sad...Reel Black thank you for posting! peace be too all.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому

      Ol’ White people water fountain drinking asses😆

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Рік тому +33

    I remember when this happened. It was all over the TV. Never saw Powers Boothe in anything before. He was a perfect Jim Jones.

    • @diloo1861
      @diloo1861 Рік тому +3

      Watch U TURN!!! great movie!!

    • @obersturmfuhrer88
      @obersturmfuhrer88 Рік тому +1

      He was in a movie called southern comfort.

    • @bigroy38
      @bigroy38 Рік тому +1

      Ever watch Southern Comfort?

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Рік тому +1

      @@bigroy38 Yes! With Keith Carradine.

    • @BAM47837
      @BAM47837 5 місяців тому +1

      He was also in red dawn

  • @omegamcbride
    @omegamcbride 10 місяців тому +13

    Sad no one talks about how this was basically a hit on the black community and our level of ignorance, at the time

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 10 місяців тому +2

      That's because most people aren't racists who choose to view the entire world through the prejudiced lens of race. People back then weren't ignorant, studies have consistently proven declining IQ rates among younger generations born over the last 40 years who are so utterly stupid that they need to be told what to think because their woeful education standard leaves them bereft of any capacity to think independently. SMH.

  • @ariusbudiman7105
    @ariusbudiman7105 Рік тому +16

    Everybody die with 'kool-aid' and he die with gun...what a coward.

  • @Lane8492
    @Lane8492 Рік тому +54

    I saw this movie in my teens and also on People Magazine investigates on Cults they did one on Jim Jones. Here were some of the best words by Laura Johnston Kohl who was Jim Jones staff member when she said "That's not suicide that's murder he murdered everybody." Well spoken words Kohl.

    • @tarialorehand
      @tarialorehand Рік тому +11

      No disrespect for this lady at all because she is deceased, but when she got out of this cult, she jumped back into another one. You would think she would've learned from what happened with Jim Jones. but no, she walked into another one because if I recall correctly, "That's where I fit in, being told what to do, when to do it." (Not a direct quote, but something similar to this was said during an interview) She got out of that cult as well and almost went into another one. Yes she spoke true words it was a murder of innocent people, but still, she walked right back into another one and even though she's gone now and may she rest in peace. I lost respect for her because she didn't learn her lesson. I'm sorry and maybe it's just me, but if you get out of something this trammitic and lived to talk about it, you don't go right back in and expect people to respect you. Sorry for my rant. I hope I didn't offend you.

    • @birgip.m.1236
      @birgip.m.1236 Рік тому

      Sadly, most of humanity suffers from lack of critical thinking & has a form of mass psychosis.
      Look at how many lined up for an experimental gmo jab for a virus that has NEVER been isolated.
      It was sooo easy to convince people of sooo many lies & people feel self-righteous about following orders & even became nasty to anyone who questioned anything.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Like many of her fellow congregationists Laura would also frequently kneel in supplication before Reverend Jones then supp avidly upon his divine rod until it would suddenly rear up and anoint her visage with his sackrament of divine grace.

    • @abbieconnie2012
      @abbieconnie2012 10 місяців тому

      It been called a murder/suicide in recent years

  • @spoolafool
    @spoolafool Рік тому +34

    This is why history is important and needs to be taught so that people become freethinkers of their thoughts not enslaved with them

  • @Strawberryfearsforever
    @Strawberryfearsforever 2 роки тому +172

    The death tapes are still the creepiest thing ever. Hearing that mother plead for her child’s life.

    • @jessediaz1293
      @jessediaz1293 2 роки тому +31

      The babies crying in the background too sad

    • @megaoldskool76
      @megaoldskool76 2 роки тому +3

      I just listened to it for the first time😳

    • @empresserica
      @empresserica 2 роки тому +2

      Ikr!?!? Omg

    • @jasonbeard4713
      @jasonbeard4713 2 роки тому +8

      Ms Fears The Mother is believed to be Jim Jones' wife, whom he called Mother.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +6

      How he at church looking like a whole fbi tho🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @ongomjuliusmartin23
    @ongomjuliusmartin23 Рік тому +20

    Am 30 years old and it's my first time hearing about this! Thanks alot. In Uganda where am from, someone called Kibwetere who was a cult leader of some christian-like group in South Western Uganda convinced his followers to sell all their property and prepare for the end of the world and ascension to heaven at the beginning of the new millenium/21st century. He later called everyone into the church, locked themselves in and they set the building ablaze burning themselves to death. Whether he was in the building or out when it burned down is not really known. But prior to this climax of the church fire, many followers were already being killed and dumped into a ditch at one of the locations of the church's former premises. It is said that the massacre could have been influenced by the fact that the world did not end at the 1999/2000 new year transition as had been expected, but it is also said that Kibwetere may have feared that with the end of the world and ascension to heaven not materialising, he could have feared that he would have to be answerable and compensate the followers who had sold off, destroyed or given away their property and assets. This second reason could perhaps have given Kibwetere motive to kill his followers but himself flee. However, if it was the first reason, and if all these people really believed that the world was to end, then there's a chance that Kibwetere might have also died with them in the furnace while adhering to his and their beliefs of the actual impending ennd of the world. You can get the short documentary on this on UA-cam just search for such keywords as Kibwetere, cults in Uganda, or something like that

    • @prarthanaperera1997
      @prarthanaperera1997 Рік тому +5

      I think I've seen a documentary on this case. Truly horrific.

    • @abaraonyenonye6651
      @abaraonyenonye6651 Рік тому +3

      My dad used to talk about this story

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +1

      Meh, whacking dudes and dumping them in a ditch is just another average Saturday night in Uganda after the days of Supreme Field Marshal Dada

    • @ongomjuliusmartin23
      @ongomjuliusmartin23 11 місяців тому +1

      @@harryricochet8134 First off, Idi Amin was a political leader and a dictator. This man is supposed to be a religious/spiritual leader. There is a big difference in the two roles and what one may expect from a dictator on the one hand, and a religious leader on the other. Secondly, ''whacking dudes and dumping them in a ditch'' WAS ''just another average Saturday night in Uganda'' DURING Amin's era, not '''AFTER the days of Amin''. I should know because I am Ugandan born and bred and live in Uganda, even as of this very moment. Get your facts right.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      @@ongomjuliusmartin23 Yikes send for an ambulance I'm diagnosing a third-degree soy burn to the botty there for you! LMFRWAO!!!
      Where did I claim that a political leader or dictator is the same as a crackpot cult leader? Of course I didn't, but if we're going to be objective about any such comparison there's actually very little difference between most dictators and cult leaders so I'm calling you out on that one. Given the stuff that old Idi believed in he's definitely well and truly in the subset category of whacko cult leader/dictator as he had many of his fellow Ugandans avidly dancing along most vigorously and enthusiastically to the beat of his particular drum set made from the skulls of some of his customers. Your progress score is 0 for 1. As for whacking and stacking in a ditch on a Saturday night there in the ole s--thole country of Uganda, given the numbers that Idi ran up still such a relatively few years ago as well as subsequent events in that fruity-assed banana republic which you call home, you're just going to have to wear that one. Your final score is 0 for 2, it's official, Uganda loses again!!
      But like all our losing contestants you don't go home empty handed, we have wonderful and very useful consolation prize for you here tonight in the K-Tel flayer and tattooer which is sure to give you many a Saturday night's fun entertainment for all the family! Thanks for playing!

  • @sanchez73day36
    @sanchez73day36 2 роки тому +36

    I remember stumbling across this movie as a kid in the early 90s I was taken aback by what I had seen

    • @gregorygriffin6341
      @gregorygriffin6341 2 роки тому +5

      So did I!! I caught it on a late night movie show on regular tv in the winter of '93. Truly bugged me out.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому

      Bul had them people spun. Straight zooted of his little gospel tho.

    • @sophisticatedmm3632
      @sophisticatedmm3632 Рік тому

      ​@@gregorygriffin6341
      Hell naw

  • @johnnycrepaul547
    @johnnycrepaul547 Рік тому +12

    I am a Guyanese and the Guyana President got millions of USD from Jim Jones. I was a very young boy. But I remember the news paper of all the Americans killed in Jones Town. Very far in the Rainforest of Guyana.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Many of his congregationists would also frequently kneel in supplication before Reverend Jones then supp avidly upon his divine rod until it would suddenly rear up and anoint their visage with his sackrament of divine grace and grant them everlasting peace.

  • @ariel393939
    @ariel393939 Рік тому +128

    Part of my family perished over there. I will never forget the day we found out. My beloved mother's favorite brother perished, my mother was never the same. She felt guilty, because her brother asked her, if he should marry the woman who sent them to their graves. But my mother was just a kid when he asked her that. My favorite Aunt she said she was going to sell her house and go over there. Her oldest daughter put her foot down, told her she was Not going to sell anything, and was Not going anywhere. Thank God she listened. She felt guilty the remaining of her life as well. She would get sick every year around the time they perished. I'm sure there was some survival guilt as well.
    My family that perished over there was going around trying o get the rest of us to join in the maddness. Excuse me, I should say my uncle's wife was trying to do this. Calling that devil father, listen to his lies, sell our homes and give him the money. Stand on corners beg for money to give to this devil. And to go with them whe he told them California was going to fall in the ocean. The government was coming for them and they must flee to South America. Btw South America is surrounded by water. All the unclean/sexual immoral stuff this devil did.
    My ucle wife was the reason they perished over there, she did some business that was Not right. I always felt sorry for my under age cousins who had no choice. My grown cousin took his girlfriend and her four children. My cousin who was 18, got off the bus before it left, with another girl. They told them they had to go to the bathroom and kept walking. That is the only reason why they are alive today. Even though my grown cousin, (her brother) over there wrote letters to her, telling her to come, that their mother was sick. She went around asking some of our Aunts should she go. And one told her if you go you won't come back.
    My uncle wife kept trying to get one of my aunt's to go to that demonic church. She finally did. That devil was coming down the aisle and my uncle wife said "here comes the father, touch the hem of his garment". My Aunt said I don't want to touch that N*****.
    They worshiped this devil.
    My uncle wife thought this devil was really God. The bible says call No man Father.
    Jim told her three times he healed her eye sight, so now she can drive. She went out there and caused a massive pile up. You would of thought something would of registered after the first time he told her she was healed, but nope. My uncle, had his reasons for going over there.
    That picture of all them lying on their stomachs dead. I still till this day be looking at it to see if I can see my uncle and my two little cousins. And that recording of that woman talking to Jim that serpent, right before they died. She was saying she understood why they had to drink the Kool aid, but she did not think the children had to. I be wondering was that my uncle's wife talking. It reminds me of her.
    There are many like Jim Jones, many before and after him. This has made me very cautious about preachers/churches my ears/eyes stay wide open and I listen/look to hear/see if they have Jim Jones in them, that spirit, if they do my feet get to running, running fast !!!!!!
    If it is Not in the bible, I CANNOT receive it. Thank You Holy Spirit for being an Awesome Teacher and revealing much !!!
    Be careful out there.
    Watch and pray. There are many woles in sheep clothing. Many hypocrites in Pharisee clothing.
    Little children keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
    1 John 5:21
    🙏🙏🙏

    • @xxdrsomexx
      @xxdrsomexx Рік тому +15

      I'm sorry to hear this, but I am happy you shared your story

    • @Earthbound369
      @Earthbound369 Рік тому +14

      Wow! Thanks for telling your story.

    • @ariel393939
      @ariel393939 Рік тому +13

      @@xxdrsomexx
      So many people are in cults and they don't even know it.
      It is equally dangerous as sad. People need to be careful.

    • @ariel393939
      @ariel393939 Рік тому +2

      @@Earthbound369
      People really need to be careful of what they hear.. These cult leaders are very good at manipulation, they are subtle. They even get to those who are educated, that lack common sense. They are only successful with weak minds.

    • @xxdrsomexx
      @xxdrsomexx Рік тому +1

      @@ariel393939 we live in a society that idolizes these people. Witchcraft is basically a sensation among teenage girls who don't know how to socialize. People calling themselves demons and devils.

  • @1921RCP
    @1921RCP Рік тому +18

    Time moves by so fast, i was 21when i watched this movie on television in 1980, Powers Boothe and the rest of the cast did a great job.

  • @theculturedthug6609
    @theculturedthug6609 Рік тому +21

    He was obviously corrupted by his own ego. Banging dudes aswell as women, main lineing speed and dope and all sorts.... Geez.

    • @timwarcloud
      @timwarcloud Рік тому +1

      It's been alleged that he was also queer with Harvey Milk in San Francisco...

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +1

      Indeed, a great many of the congregationists would also frequently kneel in total supplication before Reverend Jones then supp avidly upon his divine rod until it would suddenly rear up and anoint their visage with his sackrament of divine grace and grant them everlasting peace along with the occasional case of pinkeye for the uninitiated.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      @@timwarcloud Yes indeed, Harvey Milkoff merchant, himself a notorious pedo, wrote him an adoring letter after spending a day and night with Jones. Milkoff indeed got whacked several days after Jones which begs the question about what was really going on. Dianne Feinstein, Willie Brown and then First Lady Rosalind Carter were all very strong supporters and influencers on Jones behalf. He was once a guest of the First Lady at the White House where he had an official portrait taken with her.

  • @MadAngel209
    @MadAngel209 2 роки тому +38

    1:09:17: That actress played Joan Crawford's adopted daughter in "Mommy Dearest".

    • @katherinea.williams3044
      @katherinea.williams3044 2 роки тому +3

      Right?!
      When I saw ‘Mommie Dearest’ when I was younger, I thought her name was Diana ScarWIND, not Scarwid (pronounced scarVID).
      AND she’s (I’m at the 1:37:46 mark now) the partner of Billy Bibbitt!
      Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚
      Stay safe mate🌎✌🏼
      Peace & Prayers for the people of Ukraine🇺🇦

    • @MyriamRichardsdotter
      @MyriamRichardsdotter Рік тому +1

      That was also an excellent movie.

  • @otisroseboro5613
    @otisroseboro5613 Рік тому +25

    Rip To A Great Actor Powers Boothe, We Still Miss You Always

  • @gayprepperz6862
    @gayprepperz6862 Рік тому +10

    I wonder how proud Jim Jones mother would have been if she were alive at the time of Jonestown? On another note, Powers Boothe deserved an Oscar for his portrayal of Jones. It almost felt like you were watching the real Jones in action. Spooky really.

  • @LeeLee19901
    @LeeLee19901 Рік тому +50

    This was so hard to watch. It's unbelievable how a person can be so easily manipulated like that. Very sad.

    • @birgip.m.1236
      @birgip.m.1236 Рік тому

      Just like the millions who lined up for the destructive gmo jabs designed to lower the immune system... promoted with propaganda to save lives.
      The tragic-comedy of humanity.
      All for profit & control.
      Empty souls seek power from others...and become insatiable because external sources are pseudo power. Real power is within.
      That's the "secret" that vappid control freaks don't want you to know.

    • @ActiveAussie2024
      @ActiveAussie2024 Рік тому

      Look at what happened in 2020 and 2021. The obedient sheep did what they were told and when to do it.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

  • @Del-Canada
    @Del-Canada Рік тому +55

    Powers Booth always delivered his roles is such a powerful manner. I always felt like he never got the credit he was due. RiP.

    • @MsDisneylandlover
      @MsDisneylandlover Рік тому

      How did he passed away

    • @Del-Canada
      @Del-Canada Рік тому +1

      @@MsDisneylandlover Died in May of 2017. Had a heart attack and was also fighting pancreatic cancer at the time.

    • @LordZontar
      @LordZontar Рік тому +2

      He won a very well-deserved Emmy for this role.

  • @firecriss1392
    @firecriss1392 Рік тому +8

    I found a VHS copy of this at a local library in the mid 90's--had no idea that it existed at that time. Was in stunned silence at the ending--but thought--"this has to be as close to the horror of this as the rest of us will ever get...."--too close for me. R.I.P. --Powers.

  • @sharaharris6466
    @sharaharris6466 2 роки тому +22

    Love your channel so much… so informative and always posting things that are lost elsewhere. Thank you!!

  • @perryjohnson6248
    @perryjohnson6248 Рік тому +13

    The guy on a tragedy the story of Jim Jones is a movie to stay with me for a long time and it never gets old I enjoy watching it every time I see it Powell's Booth Lavar Burton Irene Cara Rosalind Cash and Madison Claire and Brenda Vaccaro were all superb stalls in this movie thank you for allowing me to see such a great film

  • @trevorbarnhill3399
    @trevorbarnhill3399 Рік тому +20

    I was only a year old when the Guyana Tragedy occurred. I heard that it was really big news when it happened. I remember in high school, I came across this movie on a late Saturday night either on TNT or TBS. I watched it, and it made me feel so uneasy. How one man had that much power over almost a thousand people and also cost most of them their lives.
    Watching it, I felt like when Jones started preaching, he had the best of intentions. But greed and egotism consumed him. And then he loved the power he had over his followers. He went from serving God to then believing he was God. Then he thought himself to be bigger than God. It shows what can happen when Satan can gain control over somebody like Jim Jones and use that person for pure evil.
    A part of me wishes I never saw this movie. However, it did a great job with the chronicles of his early life, his rise to power and fame, and his eventual downfall. And the actors did a great job in the movie. Especially the late Powers Boothe. He made you believe that HE WAS Jim Jones.

    • @gayprepperz6862
      @gayprepperz6862 Рік тому

      Substitute "greed" for "megalomania" and you will have hit the nail on the head.

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +1

      This movie completely misrepresents his early life, he was one sick demented pervert right from the get-go indeed to such an extent that other children were forbidden from having anything whatsoever to do with him.

    • @msrain1235
      @msrain1235 10 місяців тому

      ​@@harryricochet8134he targeted vulnerable people and people that wanted to help.

    • @Sthmohtwenty
      @Sthmohtwenty 9 місяців тому

      Yeah how on earth one man can controll so many ppl 2 drink poison ..its c4azy

  • @teena2814
    @teena2814 2 роки тому +23

    Jim Jones was a total NUT case! Absolute power corrupts absolutely!

  • @KasperKali
    @KasperKali Рік тому +13

    He started as a young boy with a pure, innocent heart and ended up a heinous mass murderer.
    The people strayed and trusted man more than God.
    Very sad indeed.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому +6

      No he didn't, he was a wrong un' right from the get go. In his childhood other children were forbidden from having anything whatsoever to do with him due to his parents refusal to do anything about his persistently deranged, perverted and downright dangerous behaviour. He used to kill pets so he could conduct funeral services for them, a very sick person right from the beginning who was only attracted to religion because it allowed him to assume a position of control over the most vulnerable. There was nothing at all 'pure' and 'innocent' about that person.

    • @RebeccaMayeHoliday
      @RebeccaMayeHoliday 3 місяці тому +1

      The scenes in this film depicting Jones's early childhood are only based on 2 sources: peer testimony, and Jim Jones's own personal anecdotes. A lot of artistic liberty was taken here, but the one commonality that seems to be agreed upon by general consensus is that, at least according to the neighbourhood children who grew up with Jones, he was an eccentric, bossy and peculiar child who was often not allowed to play with the other children, and he was fascinated with the aesthetics of religion. He would regularly find domestic pets and wild animals (some sources say they were naturally dead, other sources say he would kill these animals himself) and he would stage flowery mock-funerals for them. At best he was a very strange person from childhood; some people believe that he had a personality disorder stemming from abuse that he may have endured when he was younger but because he's long-dead we are never going to know.

    • @Saint_Brosef
      @Saint_Brosef Місяць тому

      He killed animals on purpose to perform funeral services for them. He was not young and pure.

  • @Len1966
    @Len1966 Рік тому +14

    Wow! This movie came out in 1980, just two years after it actually happened.

    • @abbieconnie2012
      @abbieconnie2012 7 місяців тому

      This was one of two flim other was Guyana: Cult of the Damned which came out in 1979

  • @rhondahancock96
    @rhondahancock96 2 роки тому +15

    I saw this movie when it was shown on tv Thanks for giving it to us to see again

  • @allys744
    @allys744 Рік тому +12

    This was the first time I discovered powers boothe. I’ve seen a handful of his projects since this film and he is AMAZING. He makes any project worth watching, he was a fierce and mesmerizing performer
    May he Rest In Peace

    • @kingoni
      @kingoni Рік тому

      Do you know anything else he was in?

    • @StepUpMedia039
      @StepUpMedia039 9 місяців тому

      ​@@kingonihe was awesome in deadwood and so was Brad dourif who also stars in this film.

  • @stephenernsberger9678
    @stephenernsberger9678 Рік тому +20

    Powers booth is the only person that could have played Jim Jones....!

  • @benjamintriplett3
    @benjamintriplett3 Рік тому +27

    When you have such blind devotion to a pastor that you can't see his faults then you know you're in trouble. Some of those people were so blindingly loyal to him they refused to see he was a evil man.

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 Рік тому +2

      You KNOW someone is bat sh*t crazy when even Randy Quaid is saying so!

    • @jenniferhaynes8625
      @jenniferhaynes8625 Рік тому +2

      He was sick. The drug use made him totally out of control.

    • @dying101666
      @dying101666 Рік тому +2

      actually, you don't know you're in trouble because you are blindly devoted, but others know.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @harryricochet8134
      @harryricochet8134 11 місяців тому

      Many congregationists would also frequently kneel in supplication before Reverend Jones then supp avidly upon his divine rod until it would suddenly rear up and anoint her visage with his sackrament of divine grace and grant them peace.

  • @manueldavidson1398
    @manueldavidson1398 Рік тому +47

    I was 17 years old in 1978 when this horrific tragedy occurred in Jonestown. The pictures I saw of what happened down there were so unbelievable and very shocking, just seeing all of those dead bodies lying on top of each other was so trumatic for me and I was in total shock and disbelief by what I saw. It just shows how when you are looked upon as a being a prophet you can easily manipulate, indoctrinate, brainwash, confuse and misuse people that they are willing to sell their minds, souls and bodies for a certain belief or philosophy.

    • @johnreid2999
      @johnreid2999 Рік тому

      He is like Joe Biden and all of Jone's followers are like all of the Democrat sheep that buy into Biden/Obama/Clinton/Soros/ progressive leftist, marxist bullshit that is now destroying America and the free world.

    • @lonalxaia
      @lonalxaia Рік тому +2

      Just like with our current government no matter where in the world.

    • @Jettabbg
      @Jettabbg Рік тому +1

      Facts.. it’s so sad

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, so I don't remember it, but I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do Not be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can buy & sell to live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @deborahsojourner6755
      @deborahsojourner6755 Рік тому +3

      I was 15. The news photos were ghastly

  • @VanderpumpRHOB
    @VanderpumpRHOB Рік тому +31

    So many great actors! Powers Boothe is chilling, and Veronica Cartwright is so good in this too!

  • @allisonjohnson6399
    @allisonjohnson6399 7 місяців тому +6

    Christine Miller is a HERO. God gave her wisdom even in their utter exhaustion and brainwashing. I know she and Jim are not crossing paths now!

  • @kcroftus99
    @kcroftus99 2 роки тому +51

    Cults scared me to the point that People followed a psycho. It broke my heart 😢

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +4

      That’s that taking the wheel from Jesus and crashing the whip into a gas station and blowing everything up🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @katyarnold6757
      @katyarnold6757 2 роки тому +4

      I 100% agree with your comment kcroftfus99. People just don't want to hear the truth of the living God which comes from the (Holy Bible) this is what happens when we don't follow the ( Holy Bible) scriptures. We believe a man in flesh has the answer. When that is false only the God of Isarel has the answers to life problems. If you steadfast in the word of God which is the ( Holy Bible) you won't fall for religious cults like Jim Jones cults and jehovah's witness.

    • @slimjim23
      @slimjim23 Рік тому +1

      @@katyarnold6757 Exactly 👍

    • @Chanel8-i1n7n
      @Chanel8-i1n7n Рік тому +5

      @@slimjim23 amen .brother.jesus warns us about false prophets and teachers. 🙏

    • @starseed462
      @starseed462 Рік тому +1

      Narcissist

  • @zenglider2145
    @zenglider2145 Рік тому +20

    "We're going to set an example for others." said Jim. Marshall Applewhite of Heaven's Gate in San Diego was listening, but still came out 2nd to Jones in the number of people taking the dirt nap.

    • @TheGreyGhost_of43rd
      @TheGreyGhost_of43rd Рік тому +2

      Applewhite was a rookie

    • @zenglider2145
      @zenglider2145 Рік тому +1

      @@TheGreyGhost_of43rd He did not think big, like Jones, for sure. And in contrast to Jones, Applewhite's victims were white and more childlike in their demeanor compared to the rabid devotion of Jim Jones' flock. In fact, in another documentary with actual video & audio, Jones is heard to remark to his believers that the 'traitors' who attempted to flee were white. [At 28:28 on ua-cam.com/video/YNHQJuYj47A/v-deo.html ]

    • @ActiveAussie2024
      @ActiveAussie2024 Рік тому

      Interestingly , Heavens Gate was around in the mid 70 s also. Both groups were wierd af. A few HG followers castrated themselves in the lead up to their suicides.

    • @ericlee2931
      @ericlee2931 Рік тому +3

      @@ActiveAussie2024 not quite, Heavens Gate happened in 1997 , twenty years later.

    • @ohwell94
      @ohwell94 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ActiveAussie2024Heavens gate was twisted
      They came and went as they pleased,stayed in contact with friends and family
      And the creepiest part was Applegate went 1st in the mass suicide
      I was floored when I heard that

  • @pattywolford
    @pattywolford Рік тому +18

    I saw this many years ago. Now rewatching. Whenever I’ve thought of Jim Jones, i’ve always thought of this performance by Powers Boothe. Overall, an amazing cast, memorable production.

  • @chronicstitcher7933
    @chronicstitcher7933 Рік тому +39

    I remember when it happened, I was a kid. And I remember crying when it came on the news, all those poor people dead. It was shocking. Sadly, there have been others since him. There are cults that hide under the banner of "Christianity", and they are far far from it.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, then I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do NOT be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World Powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet Billions of people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can Buy & Sell to Live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @MyriamRichardsdotter
      @MyriamRichardsdotter Рік тому +1

      He considered himself a socialist at the end, he also considered himself to be God.

    • @xtina6569
      @xtina6569 6 місяців тому +2

      He was so far gone from drugs and paranoia at the end

    • @JuliusSiezure
      @JuliusSiezure 3 місяці тому

      عيسى

  • @MrBoswel1
    @MrBoswel1 Рік тому +19

    Can’t believe that lady fell for the healing part

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      Billions of people believe Benny Hinn.
      I was 11 during Jim Jones, then I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do NOT be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World Powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet Billions of people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can Buy & Sell to Live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @richardfannin9652
      @richardfannin9652 7 місяців тому +1

      "I am God. You are God. I am God. You are God."

    • @xtina6569
      @xtina6569 6 місяців тому +2

      They really thought he healed himself from bullets 😂🙄 I guess he couldn't heal himself from that bullet to the head, hey jimbo lol

  • @wavealip8059
    @wavealip8059 2 роки тому +66

    Powers Boothe was a wonderful actor. R.I.P

  • @cathystruska1558
    @cathystruska1558 Рік тому +8

    This is chilling a malignant narcissist with a Bible. And the women who thought he was God, I pray for their souls. Powers Boothe has captured a monster and brought it to the light

  • @floydpattersonii4996
    @floydpattersonii4996 4 місяці тому +3

    Levar Burton , Powers Booth , 2:54:53 - Brad Dourif(voice of Chucky doll), Irene Cara, Brenda Vaccaro, Randy Quaid, Ned Beatty, Ron O'Neal(Superfly) - So many great stars in this movie. I'm certain there was no problem getting them to sign up. This tragedy was felt by so many all over the world. I remember it clearly. Was right out of high school when it happened

  • @anthonywestjr1063
    @anthonywestjr1063 2 роки тому +89

    I remember viewing this as a child...it's still one of Powers Booth's most iconic roles...he captured JJ's essence of evil...

    • @lisawalls1007
      @lisawalls1007 2 роки тому +5

      I remember too I was a kid also Sad how easy it was To (hustle) manipulate them

    • @anthonywestjr1063
      @anthonywestjr1063 2 роки тому +2

      @@lisawalls1007 🥂👍🏾

    • @oldclip70
      @oldclip70 2 роки тому +4

      @@anthonywestjr1063, I remember watching this with my father, mother and other brother. In fact, my older brother and oldest sister music teacher died in Jonestown.
      November 1978 was tragic for San Francisco; Jonestown and the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
      I forgot this one tibbit I remember especially well. Micheal Prokes was one of the people that survived Jonestown. The media asked him to speak. He spoke about his ordeal, then got up from his seat and shot and killed himself.

    • @anthonywestjr1063
      @anthonywestjr1063 2 роки тому +2

      @@oldclip70 I was in the 9th grade and remembered all the discussions going on about it in class. It was captivating and yet sad simultaneously.

    • @anthonywestjr1063
      @anthonywestjr1063 2 роки тому +5

      @@lisawalls1007 The travesty of cults during that era is something that is not easily forgotten...

  • @carlcarlson1369
    @carlcarlson1369 Рік тому +8

    Powers Boothe as Jim Jones was excellent another underrated actor. Be at peace Powers Boothe

  • @goodjuju320
    @goodjuju320 Рік тому +12

    These people were truly lost to follow him.Then they dragged those poor children along.

    • @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10
      @Jillian1stJohn3-9-10 Рік тому

      I was 11 during Jim Jones, then I lived in Dallas when David Koresh killed 76 people on April 19, 1993.
      In Matthew 24 when The 12 Apostle ask Jesus about the Signs of the Last Days before His return, the very first thing Jesus said was: Do NOT be Deceived. Now in 2023 The Evil World Powers have an even more Demonic plan to kill every single person on the planet. The Book of Revelation is unfolding right before our eyes, and yet Billions of people don't even see it!! So people will be willingly take The Mark of The Beast in their right hand or their forehead simply so that they can Buy & Sell to Live; not knowing that they are condemning their soul to Hell forever. Since 2015 to now, 1,000s of Biblical prophecies have been happening faster and faster every day like birth pangs in a pregnant women. John 14:6 Jesus is The Way, The Truth, The Life and nobody comes to the Father except through Him.
      ~My story: 2 of my sisters were murdered and then 3 of my siblings committed suicide. So after I had been in Church for over 50 years, I almost committed suicide just 6 years ago (this week exactly) in the summer of 2017. I found out that it Only takes 1 Day to Listen to the New Testament Bible. The Truth completely healed My Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit on August 10, 2017. For the last 6 years now I have Never struggled with: Anger, Alcohol, Bag language, Bitterness, Codependency, Complaining, Depression, Doubts, Dressing Sensually, Drugs, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Insecurities, Jealousy, Loneliness, Masturbation/Pornography, Rejection, Self-harm, Sexual Thoughts, Shame, Suicidal Thoughts/Attempts, Stress, Temptations, Unforgiveness, Worry, Etc...
      I've been strongly encouraging people to Simply "Push Play" and let The ONLY Truth set them free too, but so far Not even 1 person has made time to Listen to The Bible.
      ~ Matt - John = 10 Hours
      ~ Acts - Gal = 6 Hours
      ~ Eph - Rev = 5 Hours
      ~As a teenager I ran away and was kidnapped for sex trafficking the same day, so my life before and after had always been extremely dysfunctional.
      I could never understood what Jesus meant, and not even one Pastor could explain to me, Why Jesus told the adulterous woman: Go and sin NO more, after she was almost murdered by all of the Religious Leaders. So I "assumed" that it must not be possible. Then the verse that snapped me out of my Victim Mentality was from ~1ST JOHN 3:9-10 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!! In 2 Cor 10:5 The Apostle Paul told us to simply take Every thought captive and make it Obedient to Christ, so I take 10 Seconds to ask yourself: Will this glorify the Lord or Satan?
      I made a list of 182 other verses from the New Testament that also Warned us that if we continue in our sin, that proves who love their sin, and so they DON'T Love God... with ALL of their heart, mind, soul and strength. That is why Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to Destruction (Hell), and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and Narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. So when the majority of people are doing Anything, you know it's a Deception from Satan. It may seem like the world is not falling apart, but it's falling perfectly into place.
      Satan already fooled Billions of people in 2020-2022 to believe the Lie despite the hundreds of red flag warning signs. COVID was literally Prophesied around 1,000 BC, in the Book of Psalms by King David.
      They were indoctrinated by their Pastor, their family, their schools, their doctors, their Government, famous entertainers, etc... BILLIONS more are going to be prematurely murdered, because Billions of people in The Church Won't Read/Listen & Obey their Bible, because they would rather believe their Pastor!! Most churches in our day and age, are mini Cults that say you don't have to Repent from sin. The next major "Prophecied" event to be enforced is The One World Ditital Currency: 666 The Mark of the Beast. After that, there will be NO chance to Repent; because their souls will be forever Damned to Hell; Revelation 13.
      "Those who do not remember the past are Condemned to repeat it."

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 7 місяців тому

      Yup.

  • @benjiespinosa4703
    @benjiespinosa4703 Рік тому +27

    I saw this when I was approximately 5 or 6 years old and this show traumatized me. I couldn’t tell if it was real or a movie but then I recognize Randy Quaid and it says “based on the true story”. It’s shot like a documentary that’s why it fooled me! But this is how I was taught about never “drink the kool aid”

  • @suki44883
    @suki44883 2 роки тому +49

    The sad thing is, Jones started out with very good intentions. He believed in what he was doing and really wanted to help everyone. He was doing all the right things, but he was trying to move too fast. The extreme racial tensions at the time worked against him. He had to come up with something to overcome that, and that's when he went sideways. Evidently, "Father Devine" encouraged Jones to use whatever was necessary to bring wealth to his church, whether that was women or convincing members of his flock to give up to him everything they had. We know the rest.

    • @terreciakennedy3288
      @terreciakennedy3288 2 роки тому +7

      Of course they made Father Divine out to be the bad guy.

    • @terreciakennedy3288
      @terreciakennedy3288 2 роки тому +11

      A man with no mind of his own shouldn't be leading a damn thing. This was not Father Divine's fault. Jim was his own man. He knew how far he had strayed from what that bible taught.

    • @guymorris6596
      @guymorris6596 Рік тому

      Well the CIA got their hands on Jim Jones and he became a field asset for them.

    • @FearIsaLiar
      @FearIsaLiar Рік тому

      No. I don't be be was ever good. He was a tyrant to other children in his childhood. I believe he was a communist plant to infiltrate the church

    • @Dustandfuzz
      @Dustandfuzz Рік тому +3

      If people studied the gospel and the epistles nobody would have followed him. First he was ok but then threw away the Bible he cherished so much as a child and teenager. Without that, people were sucked into his madness. They did not know the scriptures. One says My people perish because of lack of knowledge. They had no knowledge of the true God. Jim Jones was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Many will come in His name but they are not the Messiah. First he claimed that and then he claimed to be God. All the drugs and sinful acts just made him worse and worse. I was sad about the people at the plane being shot. It was more sickening than the people who drank the poison because they did not want to die. Glad the two brothers got away.

  • @empresserica
    @empresserica 2 роки тому +44

    I saw this when it came out. I have always felt saddened by this story.. I never understood why they went to the jungle with this evil man. I guess I never will.

    • @marysutton434
      @marysutton434 2 роки тому +17

      They were brainwashed.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +1

      So, let me get this straight. You mean to tell me that Black people followed a white man back into the jungle?🤔

    • @empresserica
      @empresserica 2 роки тому +2

      @@marysutton434 Wow. Then I think i get that.....

    • @karlhelm875
      @karlhelm875 Рік тому +2

      they were loyal to him. they believed in him.

    • @suestaley844
      @suestaley844 Рік тому

      They didn't. Most went first and by all accounts, they were happy there. Jones fled the US under suspicion of sexual and financial impropriety 2 years later. He turned the place into a prison camp.

  • @ms.battle9055
    @ms.battle9055 Рік тому +11

    Everyone should be aware of cults. I'm glad I learnt at an early age.

  • @olgaharris1103
    @olgaharris1103 2 роки тому +13

    When he said it wasn’t God…that was a major clue…but I would have left when he started wearing the dark glasses. REAL TALK. I could have never gotten to the caravan bus part.

  • @captainbeastazoid7084
    @captainbeastazoid7084 Рік тому +18

    This is actually really well done. I'm actually surprised.

  • @johnnycrepaul547
    @johnnycrepaul547 Рік тому +15

    So sad for all the children. Shame and disgraceful to United States and the US Government.

  • @tj921able
    @tj921able Рік тому +4

    Thank you for posting this. It's a great documentary. God Bless You & stay safe.

  • @lorenanders702
    @lorenanders702 Рік тому +3

    I remember our family watching this when it first aired. Thank you for posting!

  • @smokeysmama1786
    @smokeysmama1786 2 роки тому +14

    I remember running home after school to watch this on the 3:30 movie back then we stayed three blocks away from his church my aunt used to attend this church in the Fillmore I'm so glad she didn't go to Guyana I remember our channel 7 news anchor got killed there so sad

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 роки тому +3

      They must’ve got in that jungle and been like damn now we can’t run😑

  • @Inv1s1bleMan
    @Inv1s1bleMan 9 місяців тому +5

    Brad Douriff as the Gemini serial killer in the movie The Exorcist III....TRULY SCARY. great performance for an actor 😊

    • @horrorfanandy4647
      @horrorfanandy4647 6 місяців тому

      He’s absolutely incredible in that incredible film! His best performance!

  • @iriereggaevibes1553
    @iriereggaevibes1553 2 роки тому +14

    IM GUYANESE..I HEARD ABT THIS ALL MY YUTE YEARS GROWING UP THERE..THE STAIN REMAINS TIL NOW..UNTIL TIME

  • @abaraonyenonye6651
    @abaraonyenonye6651 Рік тому +13

    I think Father Divine activated something in him that he would later use in murdering those people

    • @veronicamoore5560
      @veronicamoore5560 4 місяці тому +1

      I agree. So sad. He started out as such a promising young boy.

  • @hootinouts
    @hootinouts 11 місяців тому +7

    I remember when this happened. Father Divine had two huge hotels in Philadelphia where I was born and raised. One was the Divine Loraine which ended up being sold and renovated into luxury suites. His mansion was in the Philadelphia suburbs. People like Jim Jones and Father divine and other cult leaders like Daddy Grace are charlatans who prey on simple people. They bilk them out of all their possessions and even own their souls. Very tragic.

  • @Alternativelyemilia
    @Alternativelyemilia 7 місяців тому +3

    I’ve watched this movie so many times and I just have to say Powers
    boothe did absolutely amazing in this film.

  • @bethcrumpton476
    @bethcrumpton476 Рік тому +35

    I wonder if the reason that Jim and Marceline were portrayed as being childless was because their surviving sons didn't want to be associated with this movie.
    And the worst part is that they made it look as though Marceline was the woman on the microphone telling everyone to calm down at the end, and that she actually killed people herself. Nothing could be further from the truth. Marceline was trying to stop the killing of the children, and only took the poison herself after all the children were dead.

    • @thatone6254
      @thatone6254 Рік тому +3

      Did you hear the death tape? I thought the woman telling them there wouldn't be pain, wasn't this Marceline? Or I was wrong.... I have no idea :o the tape is so horrendous 😒😒😔

    • @bethcrumpton476
      @bethcrumpton476 Рік тому +6

      @@thatone6254 My understanding was that it's Maria Katsaris, one of Jones's mistresses.

    • @thatone6254
      @thatone6254 Рік тому +1

      @@bethcrumpton476 ok, unfortunately, I have no idea! I'm gonna read about it :)

    • @bethcrumpton476
      @bethcrumpton476 Рік тому +7

      @@thatone6254 They made the movie less than two years after the tragedy. There are survivors who say that the movie is only about 65% accurate.

    • @thatone6254
      @thatone6254 Рік тому +1

      @@bethcrumpton476 ok, thank you :)