A children's film about the largest mass suicide of the 20th century reconstructs the 1978 event. The Reverend Jim Jones forced nearly a thousand followers of his People's Temple sect to drink poison in the settlement of Jonestown, Guyana, South America. A third of them were children. Jan Bušta gives sadists, voyeurs, and necrophiliacs one minute to leave the cinema. His self-reflective documentary, which is the result of ten years of time-lapse filming, does not depict dramatic scenes. To the sound of an audio recording from that fateful day, we see a collage of child ghosts preaching about escaping the corruption of the world.
Release Date | January 12, 2023 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | á-B-C-D-é-F-G-H-CH-í-JONESTOWN | |
Runtime | 1h 17min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | English, Czech | |
Original Language | Czech | |
Production Countries | Czech Republic | |
Production Companies | Produkce Radim Procházka |