
a-B-C-D-e-F-G-H-i-JONESTOWN
Seen it?2023 | 77 min | Documentary, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 17 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
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- AwardsNot counted
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- Reach & staying powerNot counted
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jan Bušta
- Jakub Kanhäuser

