1. Takeaways of the first article: Lost Paradise is a documentary recreating what happened in the final days in Jonestown; the grueling work of airlifting 900 bodies back to America caused the military to suffer from PTSD (or Shell Shock in 1970); the attraction of Peoples Church; and the accusations of sexual harassments or drug…
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Jim Jones: Paradise Lost within Humanity’s Fall, part Two
In the last post, I wrote about how this documentary shows a twisted history of Peoples Church standing out among the conservative churches and attracting large amounts of African-Americans; the gruesome transporting work of more than 900 bodies; and a bit of Jones’ controversial perception. Here, I arranged three sections to delve into Jim Jones‘…
Jim Jones: A Reverend to A Rabid Murderer
Lost Paradise Lost Paradise There are a few other documentaries of this gruesome massive suicide in American history. Most of them recreated the dark history of Jim Jones, from his childhood, society’s idealogy, his mastermind of Loring the minority race during the segregation, and the horrifying ending. Some contain a lot of real audio tapes…