While Jones’s followers were homesteading in Guyana ... explain Jim Jones’s hold over his followers, or decipher their decision to end their lives, or alleviate the tragedy for their loved ...

based on the Jonestown tragedy and Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, a 1980 CBS miniseries based on the life of Jones and the Peoples Temple. Hader most recently wrapped a four-season run on HBO ...

Powers Boothe portrayed Jim Jones in the 1980 CBS miniseries Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. In 2016, Variety reported that Vince Gilligan started developing a series based on Jonestown ...

The Jonestown deaths were previously explored on TV in the 1980 miniseries Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, which starred Powers Boothe as Jones. Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan was also ...

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Jones was also the subject of a two-part CBS miniseries "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" in 1980, which starred Powers Boothe, while Jonestown was a central plot point in a recent episode ...

Multiple books and documentaries have been released, while Powers Boothe starred as Jones in the two-part CBS miniseries "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones" in 1980. "Breaking Bad" creator Vince ...