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Garrett Lambrev, Peoples Temple Member: When I joined Peoples Temple in the spring of 1966, there were exactly eighty-one members. If I had said goodbye, one of them would have reported me. Neva Sly Hargrave, Peoples Temple Member: And she starts taking forward steps. Tim Carter, Peoples Temple member Jim Jones (archival): Now, will each of you give a very fond embrace, a salutary kiss of greeting to your neighbor — and let’s fill this atmosphere with warmth and love. Deborah Layton, Peoples Temple Member, Author, Seductive Poison: For those people that hadn’t grown up in the apostolic world, Jim would say, you know — “I know this is different for you. She died in my arms, man. And finally he opened the door, and without any talk or anything, he just pulled down his pants and — and had sex with me. They were there. Who — people like publicity. And that role represented power over the lives of your congregation. Deborah Layton, Peoples Temple Member, Author, Seductive Poison: Nobody joins a cult. You’re my people. They were incredibly effective in mobilizing government and media interest in Peoples Temple. Kind of the kid who ran wild in the street, you know what I mean? Laura Johnston Kohl, Peoples Temple member Jim Jones was afraid that the time has come when he would be sent to Jail for the rest of the life and he became a maniac which could be clearly seen in his actions. Amy Wellnitz, Ukiah Daily Journal Phyllis Wilmore-Zimmerman, Childhood Friend: I grew up with Jimmy Jones. He was taking drugs. Fred Lewis came home and found that his wife had taken their seven children and gone to Guyana, along with all their possessions. Eugene Smith, Peoples Temple Member: My wife had gone over three months prior. Hailed as “surreal and heartbreaking” (The Village Voice) and “chilling” (San Francisco Chronicle), the 90-minute American Experience film features first-hand recollections of former Peoples Temple members, including some who narrowly escaped death in those frantic, final days in the South American jungle; relatives of those who died; and candid interviews with Jones’s son, Jim Jones, Jr. “We wanted the story to be told in the voices of the people who lived through it,” explains Nelson. They had crops growing. Scott Kardel, Project Administration UCLA Film and Television Archive, Archival Photographs ©2007 WGBH Educational Foundation Kristine Kravitz, Peoples Temple Member: Pretty soon we were seeing film footage of the first crew that went down there. We can not have this! Deborah Layton, Peoples Temple Member, Author, Seductive Poison: What he explained to each of us, and in sermons, was that sexual relationships were very selfish and they took away from the focus of the church — and that was to help others. Okay, if that’s where they at, that’s not where I’m at.” Because I’m thinking, “My wife — I’m happy with my wife. Something terrible had happened, because everyone had red eyes except for Jim Jones. We saw this beautiful sign, “Welcome to Jonestown.”. But one thing I can say, at least we tried and we didn’t sit back and wait on the laurels for somebody else to try it. Inside, I just wanted things to stop. It was emotional. David Bushway, Mendocino College Library I was sent backstage in Los Angeles to — to get something for somebody, I don’t remember what. Girl (archival): Yeah. Tim Carter, Peoples Temple Member: Immediately, the whole vibe changed. Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: We would always try to let each other know the next day, “Well, how long did you sleep?” “Oh, I slept two hours.” “You only slept two? Just take me and just lay me down next to my grandmamma.”. Jim Jones (archival, subtitles): The congressman is dead! By this time, her face is red, her body’s almost red from embarrassment, and I noticed something. The choir was interracial and they used to sing this song — “Never heard a man speak like this man before. No! Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: Being in an environment where you’re constantly up, you’re constantly busy, and you’re made to feel guilty if you take too many luxuries like sleeping — you tend to not really think for yourself. Bryan Kravitz, Peoples Temple Member: He was there for three evenings, and the third evening I went off on the bus and came to California. Now, is the pain gone? They come and go all the time. Christopher Chow, Asian American Media Center, Inc. Buddhafield were fantastically 80s, frolicking in Hawaii’s water in tight, neon swimwear. To run through the basics, Jones convinced his followers to build a new society with him in Guyana, which eventually ended up in the deaths of a staggering 909 people, after he instructed his followers to drink Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. My son was dead and he was frothing at the mouth. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to suicide. Kristine Kravitz, Peoples Temple member And we were instructed that when Jim came in, we stood, and when he left or spoke, we’d stand and clap. And the bag fell and he was gone. I’m doing this for you, Debbie.”. We got to get out of here. Now look at my face. All the days of my life, ever since I been born, I never heard a man speak like this man before.” After they sang one or two songs, the whole place was lit up. He continued his flamboyant methods, lying down on the ice between fur hunters and baby harp seals on a fact-finding mission to Newfoundland. She didn’t even know I was Peoples Temple. Jim Jones (archival, subtitles): There’s a little town in Indiana. "Oh Boy" controversy. Who’ll tell you, “I’ll put you on that bus tomorrow?”. In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones lures his followers to Jonestown, Guyana where they commit mass suicide of … It’s blasphemy to talk about going back when you have not been given any approval! Janet Shular, Peoples Temple Member: People lifted Jim to a level of adoration because many believed that he had healed them of cancer. You ought to just take off your clothes and show him what you got. Oddball Film+Video Marion K. Towne The documentary depicted the story of Jim Jones and his followers of “People’s Temple”. Collect all the tapes, all the writing, all the history. How do you like everything so far?” And, “Oh, I like it a lot.” And, “you know, it’s really cool.” I don’t remember exactly. Tim Carter, Peoples Temple Member: The songs that we sang that night — it was people saying, “This is who we are and this is what we are about.”. Rebecca Moore, Relative of Peoples Temple Member: I think the early sixties had been a time of great optimism; there was a belief that we could change the world through social movements. And I can tell you right now, that from the few conversations I’ve had with some of the folks here already this evening, that whatever these comments are — there are some people here who believe that this is the best thing they’ve ever had in their whole lives. Juanell Smart, Peoples Temple Member: I’m saddened because it didn’t work out. Tim Reiterman, Journalist: Those of us in the news media viewed Congressman Ryan as a form of protection, a shield of the United States. I gave my rights up to him. I couldn’t say goodbye to my son or my husband because at that point, it was like the Gestapo — the families were turning in each other. Stanley Clayton, Peoples Temple Member: I ain’t never used the term “suicide,” and I’m not gonna never use the term “suicide.” That man killed — was killing us. We got to — we got to go, that if we don’t go this way, we going to go like this.” They were coming, taking like newborn babies out of their mothers’ arms. What’s your impression now? Laura Johnston Kohl, Peoples Temple Member: In one planning commission meeting, Jim was getting notes — kind of love notes — from one of the members on the planning commission. Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple member Male Peoples Temple Member (archival): I would ask you, could I go home and make a trip to see my people? I don’t know what kind of games people like. I looked to my right and I saw my wife, with our son in her arms and poison being injected into his mouth. Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: He said, “If you see me as your friend, I’ll be your friend. Marcia Smith and Noland Walker, Additional Camera On-screen text: Peoples Temple Children’s Choir — Welcome. On-screen text: Peoples Temple Choir — He’s Able. Tim Carter, Peoples Temple Member: That response to him was spontaneous. The most forbidden thing to express was to leave. And I’m sitting there petrified because I’m like, “Is this what it’s leading to, that I’m supposed to get to?” And I’m thinking, “hmmm.” But I played it off like, “Okay, I’m being cool. “They saw themselves changing the world, with the church as a tool,” he says, noting that Jones offered prospective members jobs, homes, and a sense of common purpose — striving to create a just world. They didn’t ask anything. Narrator (anonymous letter, archival): “There’s quiet as we leave this world. Rebecca Moore, relative of Peoples Temple member Female Peoples Temple Member (archival): I wished I could. In California, the Peoples Temple continued to grow and develop into a political and social advocacy group. FILM Archives We had Indians in front of us with machetes, and we had Indians behind us with machetes. Give us our liberty or give us our death. They stared at us for a little bit, but they didn’t say one word. Theroux has a long history of interviewing the possibly insane, and watching him work is a pleasure. Former Peoples Temple Member (archival): He was talking integration. The powerful two-hour special “Jonestown: The Women Behind The Massacre,” focuses on four women in Jim Jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, one of the largest murder-suicide events in modern history which left 918 men, women and children dead. Andrew Buck I’ve been here a few days and I have — I have absolutely no complaints at all. And I went Wednesday night and I listened to him, and I was impressed by how it was such an interracial group and people were really happy. Jackie Speier, Aide to Congressman Leo Ryan: We heard this great uproar in the pavilion and the truck stopped. Male Peoples Temple Member (archival): Can you do it? But when Jones was present, it was very, very dark. They were a span of ages, a span of races. And that is what people began to do. Well, by this time the whole congregation’s running down these aisles with us — we’re all just running around the aisles, just hoopin’ and hollerin’ up a storm. From Scientology to salvation in Jesus Christ, from Kool-Aid to killer abs, we've seemingly watched every documentary on the subject — and if they hadn't been so fascinatingly depressing, maybe we'd be ready to start our own. It looked like — like freedom. First Look: Jim Jones's Surviving Sons Speak Out in New Documentary About the Jonestown Massacre The documentary provides new insight about the … Rebecca Moore, Relative of Peoples Temple Member: Peoples Temple really was a black church. Gary Fong, San Francisco Chronicle Appearances by The Game, T.I and Yung Buck *****www.mixtapemonster**** twitter: mixtapemonster Deborah Harvin Yes, it was a failure. Reporter (archival): Last night, someone came and passed me this note. I was really shaking, but I didn’t move. Jonestown: The Life and Death of … I never shall forget what he’s done for me. Lew Jones … With Donnie Wahlberg. On-screen text: On November 18th, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, 909 members of Peoples Temple died in what has been called the largest mass suicide in modern history. Deborah Layton, Peoples Temple Member, Author, Seductive Poison: Every single person felt that they had a purpose there and that they were exceptionally special. Rebecca Moore, Relative of Peoples Temple Member: There was this pervasive sense of being under attack in Jonestown. Woman (archival): Thank you very much, thank you. Janet Shular, Peoples Temple Member: People were brought up front and asked — had to tell who they had slept with and who they had sneaked off to a restaurant with. Jim Jones was hated and despised by some people, particularly in the white community. But for people to come from extremely religious backgrounds — so that I can bring them forward to the message that’s so important for all of us today and that is activism — then I need to speak on each person’s level.”, Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: He said, “A lot of you people, you Christian people coming in, you’re so hung-up on this Bible.” He said, “This black book has held down black people for the last two-hundred years.” He said, “But I’m going to show you this has no power.” So he leaned way back like a football player and he flung it. Rebecca Moore, Relative of Peoples Temple Member: California is perceived to be a very progressive state. Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: But then we felt like we had gotten involved and gotten in so deep that it was actually no way out. The fire proved they are out to get us. Fielding McGehee, Jonestown Institute, Graphic Design I’m not going to let you do this alone.”, Marshall Kilduff, Journalist: I finally heard from some ex-members who heard I was interested in writing a story about the Temple for New West magazine, and they took a chance. The story goes that I was crying real loud and it drew attention for Marceline to come over, and once she picked me up, I stopped crying. Janet Shular, Peoples Temple member Laura Johnston Kohl, Peoples Temple Member: My week kind of ran like this — I’d work my regular job on Mondays, you know, eight to five. Kelsey Dorwart Jim Jones (archival): Some people see a great deal of God in my body. Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City

CASE STUDIES With Jim Jones, Frank Reynolds, John Moscatelli, Grace Stoen. Gloria and I were laid down on the cot and we just held each other and I said, “You know, I think we may all die.” And she said — she kind of looked at me and then she looked down at our son, who was playing on the floor with the toys, and she said, “You’re scaring him.” I had literally opened my mouth to say we need to leave, when there was an announcement on the loud speaker — “Will everybody report to the pavilion for a meeting.”. Grace Stoen, Peoples Temple member The vat, the vat…Bring it here, so the adults can begin. Jim Jones (archival): Now in this church, what have we done in a short time? The powerful two hour special “jonestown: the women behind the massacre,” focuses on four women in jim jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 jonestown massacre, one of the largest murder suicide events in modern history which left 918 men, women and children dead. Don’t try to take any of our children. Lynetta was some 15 years younger than her husband and the marriage was not a happy one. By the end of that day, 918 men, women and children will die. Oh, what he’s done for me. It’s overwhelming, it really is. Hue Fortson Jr., Peoples Temple Member: Jones is sitting there calmly and so another lady said, “Well, I don’t know why you keep doing that. When Guyanese authorities arrived at Jonestown on November 19, 1978, the only survivor present was Hyacinth Thrash, a 76-year-old black woman who had joined Peoples Temple in Indianapolis. Jonestown also includes never-before-seen footage shot inside Peoples Temple, providing a rare glimpse of Jones’s passionate preaching and emotional healing services. Well, I slept an hour-and-a-half.”. The word we were getting was that there was an armed encampment. In 1952, Jim enters the ministry and starts his work as a student pastor at the Somerset Methodist Church in Indianapolis. (Singing, archival): As pilgrims here, we sometimes journey. Mark Kitchell “I did allow Jones to think for me because I figured that he had the better plan,” says former Peoples Temple member Hue Fortson, whose wife and infant son were among the more than 900 who died in Guyana after drinking cyanide-laced fruit punch. Joyce Shaw-Houston, Peoples Temple member Garnett Day, Minister: Jim was breaking new ground in race relations at a time when the ground was still pretty hard against that. Bryan Kravitz, Peoples Temple Member: I decided not to go to Vietnam, and I was just at the point of what am I going to do with myself? Speak up! June Cordell, Relative of Peoples Temple Member: The first time I met Jim Jones was Easter 1953. I told him, “You are in extreme danger. Narrator (anonymous letter, archival): “If nobody understands, it matters not. You know, we just had fun with it as it grew. Incredibly, the leader they knew as “Andreas” still has a following in Hawaii, despite allegations of sexual abuse. Female (archival): Definitely. Jim Jones (archival, subtitles): Die with respect, die with a degree of dignity. He told them that things were just getting worse in the United States, they couldn’t go back home. Garrett Lambrev, Peoples Temple Member: The Peoples Temple services, they had life, they had soul, they had power. Stanley Clayton, Peoples Temple Member: I grabbed the kid from the shoulders up, and in that process of taking him out of the pavilion, this kid died in my arms. Jim Jones (archival): Come forth, my dear. And — we were Star Trek fans. Jim Jones (archival, subtitles): You can’t know how much of a conspiracy there is in the U.S. these days. (Singing, archival): Something got a hold of me, oh yes indeed. O. James Fox Collection, Indiana Historical Society And that the women were all lesbians and the guys were all gay. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - Wikipedia A husband would turn in a wife. Narrator (anonymous letter, archival): “To whomever finds this note. 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