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'Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle' trailer: SundanceTV documentary to revisit the 1978 massacre on its 40th anniversary

The documentary is based on the best-selling book by investigative journalist Jeff Guinn titled 'The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple'

'Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle', airing Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18 at 9p ET, explores the shocking event which claimed the lives of more than 900 people – the single greatest loss of American civilian lives prior to 9/11 – in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, which happened on November 18, 1978. 

Based on the best-selling book by investigative journalist Jeff Guinn, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple, the four-part docuseries paints a picture of Jim Jones’s transformation from charismatic preacher and champion of civil rights into an egomaniacal demagogue who led hundreds to take their own lives – both willingly and forcibly.