”Breaking bad”-skapare gör serie om dödssekt
Vince Gilligan är mest känd som skaparen av succéserien ”Breaking bad” och uppföljaren ”Better call Saul”.
Nu planerar Gilligan att göra en miniserie om självmordssekten ”Folkets tempel”. Serien – som fått namnet ”Raven” – kommer att produceras av HBO. Det är ännu inte känt när serien får premiär.
”Raven” kommer att berätta historien om hur pastor Jim Jones ledde hundratals medlemmar till kollektivt självmord i Jonestown i Guyana 1978.
Det här var ”Folkets tempel”
Wikipedia (en)
The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, commonly shortened to Peoples Temple, was a new religious movement founded in 1955 by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana. Jones used the Peoples Temple to spread a message which combined elements of Christianity with socialist politics, with an emphasis on racial equality. The group moved to California in the 1970s and established several locations throughout the state, including its headquarters in San Francisco. At its peak, the Temple boasted 20,000 members and connections with left-wing political figures.
The Peoples Temple is best known for the events of November 18, 1978, in Guyana, when 918 people died in a mass murder/suicide at its remote settlement, informally called "Jonestown", as well as the murders of Congressman Leo Ryan and members of his visiting delegation in nearby Port Kaituma. The mass suicide and killings at Jonestown resulted in the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act prior to the events of September 11, 2001.
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