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A number of artists, writers and filmmakers have, completed - or are still working on - many creative projects which consider the people of Peoples Temple and the events in Jonestown. The articles below describe those projects, introduce the creative forces behind them, and consider how they perceive their own work.
A. Documentaries
1. Witness To Jonestown: A Producer’s Notes, by Stephen Stept
2. CNN Documentary To Air November 13, by James Polk
3. Stanley Nelson Reflects on Lessons of Jonestown
B. Art
1. Walking through Jonestown’s Garden, by Karin Smith
C. Books and articles
1. New Book on Peoples Temple and Jonestown Offers Fresh Perspective
2. And That Ain’t The Half Of It, by Laura Johnston Kohl
3. Author seeks additional sources for Jonestown book, by Julia Scheeres
3a. A Trip to Jonestown, August 2008, by Julia Scheeres
3b. A Photographer’s View of Jonestown, August 2008
4. Living with Ghosts, by Barry Isaacson
4a.What I learned about Peoples Temple, by Kimberly Gomez
5. And Then They Were Gone: Children of Peoples Temple, San Francisco to Jonestown, by Judy Bebelaar and Ron Cabral
5a. And Then They Were Gone: A Synopsis
6. The Jonestown Chronicles, or on trying to write a book a little shorter than the Bible, by Kathleen McKenna
7. German Magazine Article On Hold, by Johannes Scharnbeck
8. David Conn’s Dilemma, by Matthew Farrell
8a. Excerpt from Lednorf’s Dilemma, by David Conn
D. Music
1. The Gift of Tears: “The Ballad of Annie Moore”, by Ken Risling
2. Gift-Wrapped Stories and the Smooth Sounds of Melvin Johnson, by Brian Kevin
3. Interpretations of Jonestown Video Opens Possibilities, by Blake Edwards
4. Parachuting into Jonestown, by Diego Harmon
E. Drama and Film
1. The People’s Temple Completes Chicago Run
1a. People’s Temple Reveals Jonestown’s Diversity, by Tim Decker
1b. Alchemy of Theater Turns Straw into Gold, by Cheryl Graeff
1c. From the Road to the Stage, Jonestown Teaches, by Editha Rosario
1d. An Evolving People’s Temple, by Laura Kohl
2. The People’s Temple Reaches Students in South Dakota, by Terry Winter
3. Jonestown, The Opera??, by Scott Lines, Ph.D.
4. Exploring Peoples Temple through theater, by Carl Kelsch
5. American Prophet completed, by Jeff Keilholtz
6. Documentary Film Focuses on Peoples Temple Location in San Francisco, by Heidi Petty
7. Filmmaker Explores Lives of Survivors in Fictional Work, by Alex Smith
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