Author: Paul Jay

Albanian Journey: End of an Era Albanian Journey: End of an Era is Paul Jay’s portrait of a country emerging from one of Europe’s most isolated and authoritarian socialist experiments.

What is the meaning of language?  How and where did it begin? This original and challenging film explores human evolution and the development of language, combining documentary footage, expert interviews and dramatic re-enactments to unravel the fascinating origins of what sets humans apart. At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the…

Episode 2 — The Gun Comes Home Then Goes to War Again. After the American Civil War, the machine gun returns as an instrument of domestic repression and colonial conquest. From Ludlow to Cuba and the Philippines, the weapon follows the empire it helped build. At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th…

Episode 3 — Age of the Kalashnikov. From the trenches of two world wars to the anti-colonial uprisings of the 20th century, the AK-47 becomes the people’s weapon and the defining symbol of modern asymmetric warfare. At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th Century, the machine gun has been a tool of…

Episode 1 — White Smoking Devil.  The opening chapter of a sweeping documentary on the machine gun: how a single invention remade warfare, powered empire, and drove the American century. From the mills of Hartford to the plains of Wyoming, a weapon changes the world. At the center of every armed conflict of the 20th…

Lost in Las Vegas is a film about reality and fantasy, money and morality, and the price one pays to chase a dream. It tells the story of Canadians Wayne Catania and Kieran Lafferty, who take their Blues Brothers act to Las Vegas and audition for the famous Legends impersonators show. This begins an Alice…

Bret Hart’s younger brother Owen died tragically in the ring on May 23, 1999, when a safety harness failed during a WWF pay-per-view stunt. This feature documentary from Paul Jay goes behind the headlines to tell the human story of the Hart family, the wrestling business that killed Owen, and the legal battle that followed.

Never-Endum Referendum is politics at its most personal. Rick and Roxanne’s marriage is peaceful – until with the cameras rolling, they start talking Quebec politics. Daryl is a sovereigntist and Linda is a federalist. The hearts of their children become a battle-ground for their political beliefs.

Nelofer Pazira, the star of the movie “Kandahar”, returns to her native Afghanistan. In the hope of tracking down her childhood friend Dyana — whose story inspired the feature film — Nelofer travels to the city of Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif. Landing in Kabul, after 13 years, Nelofer unravels her past and the unfolding of…

Bret Hart, five times champion of the WWF, sits in a hotel room one day before the most important fight of his life. Sure, it is just professional wrestling but this match is different. What Bret does not know is that he will be the target of the biggest double cross in the history of…