Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre

About Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre

The story of four women in Jim Jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, one of the largest murder-suicide events in modern history which left 918 men, women and children dead.

Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (2018) is a documentary film directed by Nicole Rittenmeyer.

Jim Jones appears as Self (archive footage), Leo J. Ryan as Self (archive footage), and Jessica Savitch as Self (archive footage). Released in February 2018, it runs 120 minutes.

In the United States it streams on A&E Crime Central Apple TV channel.