Reeler Screening Series Update: Jonestown and Director Stanley Nelson at Makor Oct. 16

If the beautiful house ad on every page of this site has not yet impelled you to do so, please visit Makor online and pick up your ticket to next Monday's Reeler Screening Series preview of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. This was pretty much the best thing I saw at Tribeca this year; director Stanley Nelson hauntingly explores every level of Jim Jones' cult of personality, revealing the roots of a tragedy whose scope and impact resonate nearly 30 years after its devastating culmination in Guyana. Naturally, Nelson will be in attendance for a discussion and Q&A following the screening (ZoomIn Online has a great preview of what you can expect in its Nelson podcast from Tribeca).

Please follow the jump for more time, location and ticketing details. I really cannot recommend this film enough, and I hope I'll see you Oct. 16.

Sneak Preview -- Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Q&A with director Stanley Nelson

Monday, Oct. 16 / 7:30 p.m.
Makor / Steinhardt Building (35 West 67th Street, NYC)

On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of Peoples Temple died in the largest mass suicide/murder in history. What drew so many people across racial and class lines to the Peoples Temple? How could a diverse group of 900 people be convinced to commit suicide? What was a California congregation doing in the jungles of Guyana? And who was Jim Jones to command such loyalty that parents would murder their own children? Using never before seen archival footage and survivor interviews, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple tells the story of the people who followed Jim Jones from Indiana, to California, and finally to the remote jungles of Guyana, South America, in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal society. A 2006 Tribeca Film Festival official selection. 85 min.

Post-screening Q&A with director Stanley Nelson moderated by S.T. VanAirsdale of TheReeler.com.

Tickets: $15. Visit Makor to purchase online: http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-MM5FT16

Posted by S.T. VanAirsdale at October 12, 2006 1:09 PM