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The 2006 documentary "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" is worth watching. The whole thing is on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9o1vUSLhOs

In particular, it gives a glimpse of why Jones' message was so appealing: in a time when people were fighting for gender and racial equality all over the US, Peoples Temple seemed to have found the answer.



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