Jim Jones in popular culture

Jim Jones was a cult leader who on November 18, 1978, orchestrated the mass murder suicide of 909 members of his commune in Jonestown, Guyana. Since the events of the Jonestown Massacre, a massive amount of literature and study has been produced on the subject.[1] Numerous documentaries, films, books, poetry, music and art have covered or been inspired by the events of Jonestown.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Jim Jones and the events at Jonestown has had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.[11] The widely known expression "Drinking the Kool-Aid" originated in the events at Jonestown, although the specific beverage used at the massacre was Flavor Aid rather than Kool-Aid.[12]

Documentaries

Television

Film

Fiction literature
  • Jonestown, by Wilson Harris. London: Faber and Faber, 1996.
  • We Agreed to Meet Just Here, by Scott Blackwood. Kalamazoo, Michigan: West Michigan University Press, 2009.
  • Children of Paradise, by Fred D'Aguiar. New York: HarperCollins, 2014.
  • Before White Night, by Joseph Hartmann. Richmond, Virginia: Belle Isle Books, 2014.
  • White Nights, Black Paradise, by Sikivu Hutchinson. Infidel Books, 2015.
  • Beautiful Revolutionary, by Laura Elizabeth Woollett. London: Scribe. 2018.

Music

Poetry

Theater
  • The Peoples Temple. Written by Leigh Fondakowski, with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh, and Margo Hall. Premiered in 2005[2]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Chidester 2004, p. 46.
  2. "The People's Temple, on Stage". NPR. May 1, 2005. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  3. Slaven, Neil (2009). Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Frank Zappa. Omnibus Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0857120434.
  4. "Art Notes 2016 – Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple". jonestown.sdsu.edu/.
  5. Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle, November 17, 2018, retrieved November 17, 2018
  6. Greene, Steve (October 19, 2018). "'Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle' Trailer: SundanceTV Doc Series Reenacts the 1978 Mass Death at People's Temple". IndieWire. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  7. "There's a New Crime Series On The Block". February 28, 2019.
  8. "Leonardo DiCaprio In Final Talks To Star & Produce 'Jim Jones' At MGM; Scott Rosenberg Writing". Deadline. November 8, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  9. "Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Cult Leader Jim Jones in Jonestown Thriller 'White Night'". The Hollywood Reporter. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  10. "10 Songs About Cult Leader Jim Jones & Jonestown". Themusicalhype.com. October 20, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  11. Chidester 2004, p. 26-45.
  12. "'Jonestown': Portrait of a Disturbed Cult Leader". Day to Day. October 20, 2006. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  13. "Colchester Film Festival 2013—Jonestown". YouTube. October 13, 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  14. Petiteau, Frantz-E. Camion Blanc: Jeroic Fantasy & Metal L Volume 1. Camion Blanc. p. 391. ISBN 978-2357796065.

Sources
  • Chidester, David (2004). Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the People's Temple and Jonestown (Religion in North America) (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253216328.
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