a-B-C-D-e-F-G-H-i-JONESTOWN

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 12, 2023

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

english, czech

Countries

Czech Republic

Production

Produkce Radim Procházka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt38121242