{"id":31991,"date":"2013-07-25T16:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=31991"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:51:33","slug":"jonestownreviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=31991","title":{"rendered":"<i>Jonestown<\/i>: The Reviews and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A compilation of reviews for <em>Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple<\/em> appears at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/jonestown_the_life_and_death_of_peoples_temple\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, a website for reviews of this and other films.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Other reviews may be found at the following newspapers and media outlets:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Dark Side of Aquarius: &#8216;Jonestown&#8217; Looks at a Utopia Gone Wrong,\u201d <i>Documentary.org<\/i>, October 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFilmmaker finds heart, rationale behind tragedy of Jonestown,\u201d <i>San Francisco Chronicle<\/i>, 28 October 2006<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKool-Aid, Craziness and Utopian Yearning,&#8221; <i>New York Times<\/i>, 20 October 2006<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Interviews with Director Stanley Nelson included: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190721083046\/http:\/\/sfbgarchive.48hills.org\/sfbgarchive\/2006\/04\/04\/28-years-later\/\">San Francisco Bay Guardian<\/a> on 4 April 2006 (Reprint on the <em>Religion News Blog<\/em> is at <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081011191312\/http:\/\/www.religionnewsblog.com\/14218\">here<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">An interview with co-screenwriter Noland Walker, co-screenwriter of \u201cJonestown,\u201d appears on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=6375959\">NPR<\/a> on 24 October 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival for top Bay Area documentary (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060517081854\/http:\/\/sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2006\/05\/05\/DDGJMIKDT11.DTL\">Story<\/a> of May 5, 2006) and was one of three that won an award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Articles from earlier in the year, before general release of the film, include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20241010150210\/https:\/\/sfbgarchive.48hills.org\/sfbgarchive\/2006\/04\/04\/doomsday-dream-believer\/\"><b>Doomsday dream believer<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nBy Cheryl Eddy, <i>SF Bay Guardian<\/i>, April 4, 2006<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/general-news\/20060424\/film-unearths-little-seen-footage-of-jonestown-cult\"><b>Film unearths little-seen footage of Jonestown cult<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Jordan Robertson, L.A. Daily News<\/a>, 23 April 2006<\/p>\n<p><b>Best in Show: The Top 40 Picks of the Tribeca Film Festival<\/b><br \/>\nby J. Hoberman, <em>The Village Voice<\/em>, 11 April 2006 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/article\/critics_notebook_the_state_of_things_the_2006_tribeca_film_festival\"><b>Critic\u2019s Notebook: The State of Things: The 2006 Tribeca Film Festival<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Howard Feinstein, www.indiewire.com, April 30, 2006<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2006\/05\/01\/sfiff_jonestown_the_life_and_death_of_peoples_temple.php\"><b>SFIFF: Jonestown: The Life And Death Of Peoples Temple<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Rita Hao, SFist, May 1, 2006<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160304075342\/http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/06\/08\/AR2006060800504.html\"><b>Another Look at Jonestown<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Christina Talcott, <i>The Washington Post<\/i>, June 9, 2006<\/p>\n<p><b>Scholars View Film on Jonestown Tragedy<\/b><br \/>\nby Sandi Dolbee, <i>San Diego Union Tribune<\/i>, July 15, 2006<\/p>\n<p><b>Prelude to a massacre<\/b><br \/>\nby Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 5 August 2006<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A compilation of reviews for Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple appears at Rotten Tomatoes, a website for reviews of this and other films. 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