Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

About Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

In the 1960s, Reverend Jim Jones began as an idealist helping minorities and working against racism. After a move to San Francisco and increased power and attention, Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust, declared himself a prophet, and founded the Peoples Temple.

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones is a crime series made for CBS. Powers Boothe stars as Rev. Jim Jones, Ned Beatty as Rep. Leo Ryan, Irene Cara as Alice Jefferson, and Veronica Cartwright as Marceline "Marcy" Jones.

It reached one season of 2 episodes from April 1980.

Members will find suicide, cult, religious cult, and exploitation in it.

The Vietnam War, Wayward, and Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey make useful companions to Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, all filed under 1960s, 1970s, and miniseries.