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- Guyana\u2019s Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad brought Jonestown to the front pages of his nation\u2019s newspaper on August 9, 2007 when he led a delegation to the overgrown Jonestown site to determine whether it could be developed and opened as a tourist attraction.<\/li>\n
- Hrag Yedalian has completed his film on the life of Charles Garry and is in the process of raising money for its distribution. Garry, a strong defender of civil rights and liberties in the Bay Area during the 1960s and 70s, represented members of the Black Panther Party and prison inmates on death row, but he is remembered most for the client that led to the end of his career: Peoples Temple and Jim Jones. Garry was in Jonestown on November 18, 1978, but survived the deaths when he and Mark Lane were taken to the East House for their safety.The film, The People\u2019s Advocate<\/em>, which has been shown in several film festivals, won the 2007 Bay Area Video Coalition Mediamaker Award.\n
The IMDb description of the film, including a listing of interview subjects, appears here<\/a>. An article<\/a> about Yedalian\u2019s work appeared in last year\u2019s jonestown report<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- Stanley Nelson\u2019s film, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple<\/em>, was considered for an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Film of 2006 and made the Oscar shortlist of 15, but was not among the five chosen for final consideration. In addition, the film \u2013\u00a0which had originally been produced for broadcast on the PBS series American Experience<\/em> \u2013\u00a0was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award in the \u201cExceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking\u201d Category.After a limited run in movie theaters around the country, the Nelson film premiered on PBS in April.\n
The American Experience website page for the documentary is here<\/a>. The transcript of the film appears here<\/a>. <\/p>\n
Coverage of the film, including reviews, from the 2006 edition of the jonestown report<\/em> appears here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Jonestown: Paradise Lost<\/em>, a docudrama that made its world premiere on Canadian television earlier this year before being shown on The History Channel in the US, earned one of the top prizes at this year\u2019s Banff World Television Festival in Canada. The feature-length production, co-produced by Montreal-based Cineflix, received the Playback Best Canadian Program award during ceremonies in June. Jurors praised the film for \u201cretelling an already well-known story with powerful interviews and brilliant re-enactments.\u201dOn October 12, the film was chosen as one of four nominees for a 2007 Grierson Award \u00a0 for \u201cBest Drama Documentary.\u201d The awards will be announced in London on November 23.The coverage of the film from the 2006 edition of the jonestown report<\/em> appears here<\/a>.\n
Online reviews and news coverage include:<\/p>\n
\u201cJonestown\u201d: If all docudramas were this good … <\/strong>
\nby Aaron Barnhart, January 12, 2007<\/p>\nClocking a Cult\u2019s Final Days in Jonestown<\/a> <\/strong>
\nby Ginia Bellafante, The New York Times<\/em>, January 15, 2007<\/p>\nJonestown revisited<\/a> <\/strong>
\nby Rob Salem, The Toronto Star<\/em>, March 7, 2007<\/p>\nThe Son Who Survived Jonestown<\/a><\/strong>
\nby Bill Brownstein, The Montreal Gazette<\/em>, March 9, 2007<\/p>\nYou think your family was screwed up <\/strong>
\nby Ron Csillag, Dallas News<\/em> Religion, March 21, 2007<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA review<\/a> by Bob Helms, who worked on an earlier incarnation of the film, appears in this year\u2019s jonestown report<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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<\/li>\n- In early September, Hollywood buzzed with the rumor that James Gandolfini, who just completed a run on the HBO series The Sopranos, had agreed to play the role of Jim Jones in a miniseries about Peoples Temple to run on the same cable channel. There has been no additional \u00a0 news since the first few days, and one source with connections to HBO said the rumors were unfounded.
\nJames Gandolfini Can Be Very Persuasive<\/a> <\/strong>
\nJanet Charlton\u2019s Hollywood<\/em>, September 11, 2007<\/p>\nPeople: From \u201cSopranos\u201d boss to cult boss Jim Jones<\/strong>
\nThe Denver post<\/em>, September 13, 2007<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n- A production of Jonestown: The Musical<\/em> opens at San Francisco\u2019s El Geronimo Theater in November.A review of the self-described \u201cdark musical comedy,\u201d which premiered in 2004 in New York, appears here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Rob Jones, the son of Erin and Jim Jones Jr. and grandson of Jim and Marceline Jones, was awarded a basketball scholarship at the University of San Diego, where he will play for the Toreros. Rob was the subject of a documentary on ESPN in October. An article by Jon Fish, the producer of the ESPN piece, as well as links to other coverage of Rob Jones, his parents, and the Jonestown basketball team, appears here<\/a>.
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<\/li>\n- A year after she lost her bid for the Democratic nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor in California, former State Senator Jackie Speier has accepted a job at the San Francisco law firm of Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy. She now works in the firm’s public agency practice division. She has also written an autobiography entitled This Is Not the Life I Ordered<\/em>.Sen. Speier came to national attention during the Jonestown tragedy of November 1978. As a legislative assistant to Rep. Leo Ryan who accompanied the congressman on his trip to Guyana, she was severely wounded at the Port Kaituma airstrip during the attack which killed Ryan and four others on November 18.\n
Plans to produce a documentary about Speier\u2019s life \u2013 reported<\/a> in last year\u2019s edition of the jonestown report<\/em> \u2013 were dropped when she decided that such a documentary would be inappropriate.<\/li>\n
- The Peoples Temple sign that hung on the Geary Street building in San Francisco was auctioned off on eBay earlier this year. A story about the auction appears here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- In addition to news articles, Jonestown and Peoples Temple is often mentioned in the mainstream media both as cultural icons and in serious considerations of religious issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jonestown in cultural references<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
We can see clearly now — to eat<\/a> <\/strong>
\nby Phil Wielan, Munster <\/em>(Ind.) Times<\/em>, December 12, 2006<\/p><\/blockquote>\nJonestown in serious articles<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Jonestown tragedy had liberal roots<\/a> <\/strong>
\nby Mike Bates, November 17, 2006<\/p>\nConviction offers chance at fresh start <\/a><\/strong>
\nEditorial, East Valley<\/em> (AZ) Tribune<\/em>, September 27, 2007
\n(Editorial on conviction of Warren Jeffs)<\/p>\nThe Guru is Dead. Long Live the Guru: re spiritual teachers still valid in the modern age?<\/a> <\/strong> (Search for “Kain”)
\nby John Kain, Common Ground Magazine<\/em>, October 2007<\/p>\n - Stanley Nelson\u2019s film, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple<\/em>, was considered for an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Film of 2006 and made the Oscar shortlist of 15, but was not among the five chosen for final consideration. In addition, the film \u2013\u00a0which had originally been produced for broadcast on the PBS series American Experience<\/em> \u2013\u00a0was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award in the \u201cExceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking\u201d Category.After a limited run in movie theaters around the country, the Nelson film premiered on PBS in April.\n