Nelofer Pazira, star of the movie Kandahar, returns to Afghanistan to seek out her childhood friend Dyana, whose story inspired that film. Landing in Kabul 13 years after her family left Russian...
About Paul Jay
After three years as a post office truck driver and five as a railroad Carman mechanic, Jay decided it was time to make films. Years later, he's still at it.
Jay is currently producing the feature documentary "How to Stop a Nuclear War," based on Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's book "The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner." The film is narrated by acclaimed actor Emma Thompson, with additional support from Kristen Stewart.
The film picks up where "The Day After" and "Oppenheimer" left off, unfolding as a gripping political thriller that unveils the stark realities of present-day nuclear dangers and the little-known history of the "institutional madness" that has brought us perilously close to the edge. Starting from the present and urgent threat, the documentary explores how we got here and proposes concrete solutions to greatly reduce the risk of nuclear war. The film tells the story of Ellsberg's journey from cold warrior hawk to anti-nuclear weapons activist, as he reveals the secrets and lies of nuclear war planning and discovers a culture of institutional madness and profit-making at the root of U.S. nuclear war strategy.
Jay has completed over 40 hours of interviews with Ellsberg and secured participation from more than 100 distinguished experts, including Senator Sam Nunn, Governor Jerry Brown, Richard Rhodes, Kai Bird, Peter Kuznick, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Ben Rhodes, and many others.
The Hollywood Reporter has published five exclusive articles on the upcoming documentary:
- Daniel Ellsberg 'How to Stop Nuclear War' Documentary in the Works
- Emma Thompson to Narrate Daniel Ellsberg Documentary 'How to Stop Nuclear War'
- Barbra Streisand Kept Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg Out of Jail, Says Filmmaker
- 'The Day After' Director Nicholas Meyer to Exec Produce Daniel Ellsberg Documentary 'How to Stop Nuclear War'
- Kristen Stewart Warns the World Is "Dangerously Close" to Nuclear Catastrophe
The project has taken Jay to speaking engagements at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, the Emergency Festival in Reggio Emilia, and the Outrider Nuclear Summit in Little Rock, as well as universities including UMass, Tufts, and the University of Toronto.
Films
“This is what we never talk about.” – Rick Blue “We don’t allow ourselves to talk about these things. It’s a question of survival of the couple.” – Roxanne Majeau Never-Endum Referendum is politics...
For more real history go to At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation. Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences...
For more real history go to At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation. Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences...
For more real history go to At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of conquest – and of liberation. Everywhere, it has unleashed consequences...
A film by Paul Jay about the rise and fall of socialism in Albania. Released in September, 1995, the film tells the story of a people mired in poverty for centuries, who stood up to Nazi fascism and...
A film by Paul Jay. What is the meaning of language? How and where did it begin? This highly original and challenging film examines these questions as it explores human evolution and the development...
Lost in Las VegasOn the eve of the Nevada primaries, a special presentation of the feature length documentary by Paul Jay reveals Las Vegas as a model of neoliberalism, a tale of the shape of things...