Movies like Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

20 movies like Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, ordered by similarity : The Art of Political Murder(2019), Machines(2016), Winter Soldier(1972), Deliver Us From Evil(2006), Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst(2004), Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time(2002), Everything: The Real Thing Story(2019), Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer(1992), The Sorrow and the Pity(1969), From the Journals of Jean Seberg(1995), The Thin Blue Line(1988), Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election(2002) ...

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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

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The Art of Political Murder

An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.

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Machines

Director Rahul Jain presents an intimate, observantly portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India. Moving through the corridors and bowels of ... See full summary »

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Winter Soldier

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Deliver Us From Evil

Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.

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Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it ... See full summary »

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Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Time

This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.

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Everything: The Real Thing Story

Dubbed 'the black Beatles' by the British tabloids, the 'other' four lads from Liverpool recount their incredible story from the tough streets of Toxteth to the bright lights of New York.

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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

Nick Broomfield explores the media circus surrounding the case of America's first textbook female serial killer.

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The Sorrow and the Pity

Seven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.

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From the Journals of Jean Seberg

Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format (with Seberg played by Mary Beth Hurt). He seamlessly interweaves cinema,... See full summary »

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The Thin Blue Line

A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.

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Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story of the undermining of democracy in America. Focusing on events leading up to election day and the foiled attempt to count... See full summary »

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Confessions of a Superhero

Chronicles the lives of four mortal men and women who work as characters on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard.

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Incident at Oglala

This film describes the events surrounding a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge reservation in S. Dakota where two FBI agents were killed.

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Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections

Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.

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#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories

It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.

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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Rare archival film footage and interviews illustrate filmmaker Ric Burns' tribute to art-world icon Andy Warhol.

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Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.

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Shoah

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.

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Atomic Homefront

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

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