Stephen really saw the true monster of Jim Jones very early on. He tried to commit suicide three times when he was twelve. I'm glad that he's made peace with the past
Thank you for that apology to Guyana. For much of my life (born and raised in the US)- I had only ever heard of Guyana in the context of this massacre.
This interviewer is WAY too upbeat for this kind of panel. I know he's trying to be entertaining, but I mean damn... his manner of speaking just comes off as really dismissive to the weight of the topic. EDIT: it keeps getting worse...
Glad someone has pointed that out. It's not just me then? The guy needed to be reminded that this is not a fictional movie but true life documentary that traumatically has and probably still does affect them on a daily basis, he needs to show more empathy and be more delicate in his communication style.
i think whats pivotal about this documentary verses others is this was the story in the perception of the people . these people are the ones who matter the single mother who has a mixed baby who is shunned everywhere finds a place there the drug user you gave up on the nobody in the street you ignore as you walk past not thinking a single thought of . you have t wonder why peple followed loved the peoples temple? because to most of soiety and america they were trah but there their lives meant something and they were loyal loiving and hard working till the end im so tired of hearing jim jones story i wanna hear them they are what made peoples temple why people stayed thru adversaty and mixed emotions because of the people
I do wonder if Jonestown could have been a success, if they could have had their dream society, if it was not for Jim Jones himself getting in the way. The people were not dumb.. they gave up a lot because they believed in this vision of a real Rainbow Nation, love and fairness. Makes me sick what was taken from the world... the vision, and the optimistic dreamers who really tried to pull this off and not just talk about it.
Cinnamon Girl Thank you!! People tend to think of the story of Peoples Temple as being just about a bunch of ignorant sheep led astray by an evil madman. There is so much more. It's both sad and dangerous to see it that way. There was alot of good that was done in the very early days in Indiana. The issues of where and how things went wrong are important to look into. As Grace Stoen said, "they could have been a force to be reckoned with".
Cinnamon Girl a nation of love and whatt ?? What love it wD ali gake he just make look like was concern there wad this spirit in Jin J controling the people. U have not heard all the nasty stuff thst happened there or what
They were already failing even without Jones, though. Not enough resources, not enough room, infighting and power struggles...socialism has never and will never work.
dqverify China for example if they dont copy the noncommunist countires like the USA their economy would of been disastrous. and probably at war with many countires
@@RicardoGarcia-kv8it Exactly. It can last for a little while, but even with a place like China that just rapes the environment and ocean to try to keep going, eventually they have to allow some capitalism, industry, and trade. Look at how the Soviet Union at the end was basically scrap metal held together by wire. It just amazes me every time I see people advocating socialism or communism again, like it's somehow going to work this time. (And the people suggesting it always pretend they see it as some glorious equality and freedom, but they're always secretly imagining/assuming themselves as one of the ruling elite--but then that's the answer, isn't it? Scratch a socialist, find a fascist. Freedom for me but not for thee.)
@@ontheroadhome4796 I don't think so, at least not from anything I've ever heard. I guess I was just affirming my thought process and also that they apologized for what this cult brought on
I loved terror in the jungle . Rip to everyone that died you are missed but not forget. I light a candle every year on the anniversary for the loss. And Stephen I live by the words that you say. Don't judge it don't belittle it learn from .
Jim Jr needed to keep the mic away from his mouth when he wasn’t speaking. The sounds of him salivating were quite distracting, particularly during the crying woman’s question from the audience, and then again when the group was asked the final question. It was heard all through his speaking as well, he should have been more aware of it. Like a hungry person eating a bagel slathered with cream cheese when no one was around.
You can now stream the People’s Temple Choir album on Spotify and purchase digitally on Amazon. It includes the bonus 45 minute Death Tape. Truly beautiful music with a horrific ending. Thank you.
Wow Filming sideways, awful sound, what a shame...Stephen /Jim Jr...are the only GOOD that came from Jim Jones...Grateful they survived to explain the history of Jonestown...Building a Heavenly Paradise that turned into a Hell on Earth....Believe in the beginning JOnes had good& decent intentions...Jim Jones addiction to drugs blurred his vision...the pressure mixed with his paranoia, turned the whole of it toxic... and then eventually deadly
Do Jim Jr. and Stephen get along? Jim Jr. saying "I may have the name, but that guy down there (meaning Stephen) has the blood". Kind of sounds like an insult.
They were raised together. They're brothers. Jones names Jim Jones Jr his namesake for mainly a statement that a white man could give his name proudly to a person of color. Stephan...pronounced as Steh-fahn was named after Jones' deceased daughter, Stephanie who he adopted as part of his original " Rainbow Family."
I wonder what ever happened to Stephanie Jones.Jim Jones black grand daughter that got her throat slashed at Georgetown and survived. Stephen jones took a picture with his niece after defending her attempted asailant in the Guyanese court and no other stories about her were ever published.
@@chrissytina6379 He defended the assailant Charles Beikman in Guyana when he was arrested by the Guyanese goverment .Sharon Amos had asked Charles to aid in the attempted murder of the little girl, Beikman's son and wife died at Jonestown . His young son Ronald Beikman and his mom also appears in photographs and videos.Beikman's wife and son were always smiling and with a good attitude in all the videos and photographs.
One thing I don't understand y'all new every thing was going way before Guyana.. But y'all did nothing. You are all to blame!!! That's way he left. You didn't read the Word of God.No you all were in it. Cause you knew.
I hope you don't still feel this way, there's so much more information out there about what lead to all of this and I believe once you've found more out you will see this event differently.
first quit SMACKING YOUR LIPS!!!!! next the lead guy head facing camera did you know you have a massive pimple on your head? maybe dr pimple popper needs to see ya
Stephen really saw the true monster of Jim Jones very early on. He tried to commit suicide three times when he was twelve. I'm glad that he's made peace with the past
Star Child thats was sad right there
I think Jim Jones had Borderline Personality Disorder ( in males).
@@RicardoGarcia-kv8it It is so sad. Stephen admitted that it was a cry for help, for someone to understand what he was going through.
@@donnaking7439 Strong possibility
Wow!! Never knew that
Why are they filming this "sideways"!?
Cus that guy talks too fast
@@mozfonky he's sooo annoying
Annoying side recording....Takes away from the stories..
Who the hell set up the camera angle? Terrible!
Almost like it wasn't authorized.
One camera on a tripod. It kept all the participants visible without multiple cameras or operators. Agreed, it sucks.
Stephen Jones is such a beautiful man!!
Hottie. Gorgeous.
This is the most annoying camerawork I've ever seen. As much as I love Stephen, I cannot watch this.
The audio and the placement of camera is not the best.
It’s so bad I couldn’t finish watching. I’m bummed. I really wanted to see this. 😞
Me too! Wanted to finish the video but couldn't☹
The audio, what a mess
Thank you for that apology to Guyana.
For much of my life (born and raised in the US)- I had only ever heard of Guyana in the context of this massacre.
This interviewer is WAY too upbeat for this kind of panel. I know he's trying to be entertaining, but I mean damn... his manner of speaking just comes off as really dismissive to the weight of the topic. EDIT: it keeps getting worse...
Yeah the guy's a moron. It's seriously annoying. I'm only a few minutes in.
He talks fast and loud...ugh...
Glad someone has pointed that out. It's not just me then? The guy needed to be reminded that this is not a fictional movie but true life documentary that traumatically has and probably still does affect them on a daily basis, he needs to show more empathy and be more delicate in his communication style.
No emotional intelligence.
'unless its a spoiler' cant believe the interviewer actually said that.
It's good to hear a Guyanese point of view
Study dr mootoo.
@@philyeary8809 ??? Is he a Guyanese doctor?
Why can't I see the speaker, horrible sound...
The interviewer seems more interested in asking the questions, without confronting the enormity of the tragedy.
If I was Jim Jones Jr I would have changed that name a long time ago😏
Terrible audio.
Bad sound bad camera angle
Wth is up with the camera angle?!
i think whats pivotal about this documentary verses others is this was the story in the perception of the people . these people are the ones who matter the single mother who has a mixed baby who is shunned everywhere finds a place there the drug user you gave up on the nobody in the street you ignore as you walk past not thinking a single thought of . you have t wonder why peple followed loved the peoples temple? because to most of soiety and america they were trah but there their lives meant something and they were loyal loiving and hard working till the end im so tired of hearing jim jones story i wanna hear them they are what made peoples temple why people stayed thru adversaty and mixed emotions because of the people
Michelle Donald- Well said. I agree! 👍🏼
@Michelle Donald Those were the type of people he sought out...he preyed on those type of people...
I do wonder if Jonestown could have been a success, if they could have had their dream society, if it was not for Jim Jones himself getting in the way. The people were not dumb.. they gave up a lot because they believed in this vision of a real Rainbow Nation, love and fairness. Makes me sick what was taken from the world... the vision, and the optimistic dreamers who really tried to pull this off and not just talk about it.
Cinnamon Girl Thank you!! People tend to think of the story of Peoples Temple as being just about a bunch of ignorant sheep led astray by an evil madman. There is so much more. It's both sad and dangerous to see it that way. There was alot of good that was done in the very early days in Indiana. The issues of where and how things went wrong are important to look into. As Grace Stoen said, "they could have been a force to be reckoned with".
Cinnamon Girl a nation of love and whatt ?? What love it wD ali gake he just make look like was concern there wad this spirit in Jin J controling the people. U have not heard all the nasty stuff thst happened there or what
They were already failing even without Jones, though. Not enough resources, not enough room, infighting and power struggles...socialism has never and will never work.
dqverify China for example if they dont copy the noncommunist countires like the USA their economy would of been disastrous. and probably at war with many countires
@@RicardoGarcia-kv8it Exactly. It can last for a little while, but even with a place like China that just rapes the environment and ocean to try to keep going, eventually they have to allow some capitalism, industry, and trade. Look at how the Soviet Union at the end was basically scrap metal held together by wire.
It just amazes me every time I see people advocating socialism or communism again, like it's somehow going to work this time. (And the people suggesting it always pretend they see it as some glorious equality and freedom, but they're always secretly imagining/assuming themselves as one of the ruling elite--but then that's the answer, isn't it? Scratch a socialist, find a fascist. Freedom for me but not for thee.)
It surely should have been based on Tim Reiterman's book that book will never be bettered or equalled.
Not according to the survivors
It was never Guyana's 🇬🇾 Fault
Has anyone blamed Guyana? It's not the countries fault...
@@ontheroadhome4796 I don't think so, at least not from anything I've ever heard. I guess I was just affirming my thought process and also that they apologized for what this cult brought on
I loved terror in the jungle . Rip to everyone that died you are missed but not forget. I light a candle every year on the anniversary for the loss. And Stephen I live by the words that you say. Don't judge it don't belittle it learn from .
Jim Jones Jr. has the same gravelness in his voice like Jim Jones.
Jim only got this from all the uppers and opiates he used to take.
The interviewer talks ridiculously fast ,it's almost annoying.
Why not film in front of the people! I will have to find this some where else.
Jim Jr needed to keep the mic away from his mouth when he wasn’t speaking. The sounds of him salivating were quite distracting, particularly during the crying woman’s question from the audience, and then again when the group was asked the final question. It was heard all through his speaking as well, he should have been more aware of it. Like a hungry person eating a bagel slathered with cream cheese when no one was around.
That smacking is annoying
Great content, but the mouth sounds are really annoying.
stephen is a good speaker he is so real.
You can now stream the People’s Temple Choir album on Spotify and purchase digitally on Amazon. It includes the bonus 45 minute Death Tape. Truly beautiful music with a horrific ending. Thank you.
Daniel, can I ask what are the best books to read on this subject in your opinion?
Don't know why? The camera turn into the wrong Angle.
The host sounds like Jonestown survivor Vernon Gosney
Star Child Queeny. 🤭
@Star Child Yes! Just saw a recent Doc on him. He came out the closet and lives in Hawaii. He looked good too.
Vern Gosney passed away on January 31, 2021 at age 67 from complications following bypass surgery. That poor man endured so much. RIP.
@@BassPlyr23 I did not know. May he rest in peace
i have a bunch of dots that need to be connected
Tell me and I'll connect them..
I’m here to help. Thank you.
is this a q&a for the abc special?
Wow Filming sideways, awful sound, what a shame...Stephen /Jim Jr...are the only GOOD that came from Jim Jones...Grateful they survived to explain the history of Jonestown...Building a Heavenly Paradise that turned into a Hell on Earth....Believe in the beginning JOnes had good& decent intentions...Jim Jones addiction to drugs blurred his vision...the pressure mixed with his paranoia, turned the whole of it toxic... and then eventually deadly
Do Jim Jr. and Stephen get along? Jim Jr. saying "I may have the name, but that guy down there (meaning Stephen) has the blood". Kind of sounds like an insult.
Not an insult at all. Jim Jr. was adopted, while Stephan is Jim and Marceline’s biological child. I understand that the brothers are close.
Everything I've heard or seems to support they get along very well and some things shows them joking with each other.
They were raised together. They're brothers. Jones names Jim Jones Jr his namesake for mainly a statement that a white man could give his name proudly to a person of color. Stephan...pronounced as Steh-fahn was named after Jones' deceased daughter, Stephanie who he adopted as part of his original " Rainbow Family."
Bless them all
Who ever chose this Camara angle needs to be fired.
RIP headphone users.
I wonder what ever happened to Stephanie Jones.Jim Jones black grand daughter that got her throat slashed at Georgetown and survived. Stephen jones took a picture with his niece after defending her attempted asailant in the Guyanese court and no other stories about her were ever published.
When did he defend his nieces attempted assailant?
@@chrissytina6379 He defended the assailant Charles Beikman in Guyana when he was arrested by the Guyanese goverment .Sharon Amos had asked Charles to aid in the attempted murder of the little girl, Beikman's son and wife died at Jonestown . His young son Ronald Beikman and his mom also appears in photographs and videos.Beikman's wife and son were always smiling and with a good attitude in all the videos and photographs.
Why aren’t people well prepared before an interview the sound is horrible and you can’t see their faces horrible it ruined the interview what a waste
Nice camera angle.
Sorry, camera angle makes this unwatchable.
Uhhh it's the smacking the lips for me!!!!
My issue is the constant chewing or eating pretzels or something. Disrespectful. But otherwise good
impossible to watch sooo bad camera angle... i guess worst ever...
Too bad the interviewer is so hyperactive.
omg this gay host is making me wanna stop the video.
The interviewer has to go. He sounds like a speed reader
One thing I don't understand y'all new every thing was going way before Guyana.. But y'all did nothing. You are all to blame!!! That's way he left. You didn't read the Word of God.No you all were in it. Cause you knew.
I hope you don't still feel this way, there's so much more information out there about what lead to all of this and I believe once you've found more out you will see this event differently.
Why the fuck is the camera at the back of interviewer he's not even relevant to this event I'm annoyed
Dreadful sound and it's ridiculous being filmed from the side.
first quit SMACKING YOUR LIPS!!!!! next the lead guy head facing camera did you know you have a massive pimple on your head? maybe dr pimple popper needs to see ya
AWFUL INTERVIEWER