Jim Jones: The Sacrament (2013)

Murder Made Fiction

Our first cult text of the month is The Sacrament (2013), Ti West's fictionalized version of the Jonestown massacre.

Discussion topics include: the use of faux documentary, the focus on the massacre and how that affects characterizations, the charisma of "Father" and Gene Jones' portrayal, the mumblecore cast, and real life comparisons.

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