How to Stop a Nuclear War

Exposing Over 80 Years of Profiteering, Lies, and Cold War Paranoia

A Film by Paul Jay
Narrated by Emma Thompson
Based on Daniel Ellsberg’s “The Doomsday Machine”
Coming Fall 2027

The Mission

The danger of nuclear war is real, immediate, and greater than ever. The risk of accident or miscalculation is far from zero. We are in the midst of an unmitigated nuclear weapons and AI arms race that threatens the apocalypse. Yet we are barely talking about it. Why are we taking no meaningful measures to reduce the risk?

How to Stop a Nuclear War exposes over 80 years of profiteering, lies, and Cold War paranoia that continues today. Based on Daniel Ellsberg’s book “Doomsday Machine,” and narrated by Emma Thompson, the film will spur a new movement to stop the madness.