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Escape from Jonestown

Thirty years ago, 909 Americans were led to their death by the Rev. Jim Jones in a mass murder-and-suicide pact in a South American jungle, shortly after Jones' gunmen killed a visiting U.S. congressman and four others at a nearby air strip.

Of the nearly 1,000 church members who began the day in Jonestown that morning, only 33 survived to see the next day.

They lived through that day and night only by unfathomable courage, rooted in desperation and daring. And even 30 years later, many still feel the pain and the loss of those they had to leave behind.

CNN's Soledad O'Brien tells their story in a prime-time special, "Escape from Jonestown," airing Saturday, 8pm (re-airs at 11pm and 2am).

• Jim Jones' preaching style captivated followers
• Cyanide deaths plotted years before Jonestown
• CNN's Jim Polk remembers tragedy
• Children were first to die at Jonestown
• Leslie Wilson fled with baby through jungle
• Book excerpt: 'Slavery of Faith'
• Interactive: Jim Jones' sermons | FBI documents
• Rev. Jim Jones stockpiled cyanide
• Jerry Parks: 'You could feel death in the air'
• Lost in the jungle: Girl escapes after mother killed
• Final 45 minutes of Jonestown massacre
• Inside Jonestown | List of survivors
• Documentary full credits

Read transcripts of the shows

Witness to War

For four decades, families in Afghanistan and Pakistan have seen near-constant war, oppression and suffering. How has political instability helped grow fundamentalist extremism and created a safe-havens for al-Qaeda?

An elite team of CNN journalists put their lives at risk to take viewers inside the world's most dangerous region.

Saturday, 8 p.m. ET

'Her Name Was Steven'

City manager Steve Stanton was fired after a newspaper revealed his life-long secret: he was planning to change his gender.Thus began Steve's isolated journey -- through pain and joy, progress and setbacks -- to become Susan. • Watch the trailer

SCREENINGS
Out On Film: Thursday, October 8 at 5 p.m.
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Ticket Info: outonfilm.org

Reel Affirmations: Saturday, October 17 at 5 p.m.
Goethe-Institut
814 7th St. NW
Washington, DC

New Orleans Film Festival: Wednesday, October 19 at 9 p.m.
Canal Place Theater
333 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Black in America 2: Journey for Change

CNN's Soledad O'Brien travels with 30 "global ambassadors" from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to South Africa with Malaak Compton-Rock's "Journey for Change" mission to mentor at-risk youth.
• Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick

• Soledad: We are in Africa! | Visit to a Shantytown | Return to Bushwick
• Kids' Notebooks: February | November to January | Aug. 3 | Aug. 4 | Aug. 6 | Aug. 9 | Aug. 10 | Aug. 19 | Aug. 24 | Sept. 22 | Oct. 15 | March
Special Report: Black in America 2008

'Addiction: Life on the Edge'

CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta followed a mother, a writer, a student and a husband. Each an addict on a journey through recovery & relapse. Could their brain hold the key to addiction?

• Recovery high school for post-rehab teens
• Anti-addiction pills may turn rehab on its head
• Relapse a constant threat, author says
• Addiction's lure to the brain

One Crime at a Time

Violence, corruption and injustice are all too common in New Orleans. How do you fix this city? Soledad O'Brien reports.
• A mother's grief | Photos: Seven murders in 72 hours
• Homicide cops work 20, 24, 30 hour shifts
• Crime, corruption plague city's recovery
• "Elite" assistant D.A.s try to repair reputation

Documentary Highlights

Scream Bloody Murder

They tried to stop the killing. Nobody listened. Now, the truth will be told. CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour traveled to the killing fields of Europe, Africa and Asia to understand the world's indifference, even as courageous voices tried to "Scream Bloody Murder."

• God's Warriors
• Combat Hospital
• Autism is a World
• Shoot to Kill
• After Jesus: The First Christians
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