Boris Malagurski Boris Malagurski ( Serbian Cyrillic : Борис Малагурски ) ( born 11 August 1988 ) is a Serbian - Canadian film director , producer , screenwriter , television host and activist . He is the director and producer of documentary films such as The Weight of Chains and Belgrade . He is the owner of the " Malagurski Cinema " production company , based in Vancouver , Canada . Life and work . Born to Prof . Dr . Sc . Branislav Malagurski and Slavica Malagurski , Boris grew up in the northern Serbian town of Subotica . In an interview for " Literární noviny " , Prague ' s cultural and political journal , Malagurski said that his last name originates from the Polish town of Mała Góra , noting that in the 17th century , a soldier from that town fought under the command of John III Sobieski against the Turks in the Battle of Senta and afterwards decided to stay in Subotica , which is now in the Serbian province of Vojvodina . Since Malagurski emigrated to Canada in 2005 , he identifies himself as Serbian Canadian . Malagurski made a documentary film about his move from Serbia called " The Canada Project " . The film was shown on Serbian National Television , as a part of Mira Adanja - Polak ' s TV show . According to the Malagurski Cinema website , Malagurski has been a columnist with " Kišobran " ( lit . Umbrella ) , a Serbian language monthly newspaper published in Vancouver . He was also the founding president of the Serbian Youth League in Vancouver in February 2008 . Kosovo : Can You Imagine ? Malagurski ' s documentary film " " ( 2009 ) dealt with human rights of Serbs in Kosovo . The Pečat Magazine described the film as " An objective , authentic journalistic approach to the issue , as well as brave work on the field , make this documentary an accomplishment envied by any author " . The film features several prominent experts regarding the subject of the Balkans , such as Ret . Maj . Gen . Lewis MacKenzie , Fmr . Amb . James Byron Bissett and Prof . Michel Chossudovsky , who help analyze the state in which the disputed province finds itself since declaring secession from Serbia . In realizing this film project , Malagurski received help from Canadian author and journalist Scott Taylor and Princess Linda , from the House of Karađorđević , as well as UNMIK official John Hawthorne and Irish diplomat Mary Walsh , to which the film is dedicated . In December 2009 , the documentary had its broadcast premiere on Russia Today TV network . The Weight of Chains . His film " The Weight of Chains " ( 2010 ) deals with Western involvement in the breakup of Yugoslavia . The film is supported by the Global Research Institute and tackles the question of why Yugoslavia fell apart , the answer of which , according to the author , is far from how the media present it . Malagurski also examines the current economic situation in the former Yugoslav republics and offers a different perspective on the major political and social issues facing the people living in that part of the world . The Belgrade - based daily newspaper Blic noted that this film " exploded on the Internet " and became the topic of many blogs and discussions . The Politika newspaper wrote that over a million people saw " The Weight of Chains " over the Internet . The film also found itself in the official selections of a number of film festivals and was shown in cinemas in the United States , Australia and Canada . In October 2011 , the film was broadcast on RTV BN , and on RTRS in January 2012 . The Croatian media portal Javno . hr described " The Weight of Chains " as a " controversial film " and that it explores " the causes and circumstances that lead to the breakup of Yugoslavia and the wars in that region " . As of 2012 , the film is distributed worldwide by Journeyman Pictures . When the journalist Miroslav Filipović asked Malagurski whether he ' d agree that his film is " one - sided " and " too Serbian " , Malagurski answered that it can only be both " too Serbian " and " too Croatian " as it ' s " in the interest of the people of that part of the world " . Sequel . In April 2012 , Malagurski announced the production of a sequel , " The Weight of Chains 2 " , which will , according to the author , continue where the first part ended . The film will include interviews with Noam Chomsky , Oliver Stone , Carla Del Ponte , R . James Woolsey , Ivo Josipović , Vuk Jeremić , Michael Ruppert , Mlađan Dinkić , Michael Parenti , Miroslav Lazanski and many others . Belgrade . In 2011 Malagurski started working on a documentary film about Belgrade , in which he aims to capture the spirit of the Serbian capital . The film is considered the first feature documentary about Belgrade . The author claims that Belgrade boasts a unique quality and energy , in spite of the fact that it was destroyed and rebuilt over 40 times in its history and that the greatest attraction of the city are the citizens themselves . The documentary features Boris Malagurski on - screen , including interviews with Belgraders , such as tennis player Novak Djokovic , and is in English . In an interview for Večernje novosti , a Belgrade - based daily newspaper , Malagurski said that he made a break from producing the film while working on a documentary called " The Presumption of Justice " , but that he still aims to show the capital of Serbia in the best possible way , as well as to inspire foreigners to come and visit it . Revolution . As of January 2013 , Boris Malagurski is the host of " Revolution " ( ) , a weekly TV show on Happy TV , a Serbian television network with national frequency . According to Malagurski , the goal of the show , which features documentary segments and interviews with state officials , political and economic analysts , psychologists , foreign experts and ordinary citizens of Serbia , is to come up with an answer to the question - why do people still have a low standard of living and what can be done to change that . Malagurski doesn ' t solve issues in the TV show , but aims to provoke initiative so that the citizens can move forward . Media and lectures . The Serbian newspaper " Politika " , the oldest daily in the Balkans , described Malagurski as the " " Serbian Michael Moore " " , followed by the same description by Press and many other media outlets in the region . Malagurski regularly gives keynote speeches about his film making tactics and current social , political and economic issues in the Balkans . Recently , he spoke several times at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade , at the Novi Sad Law School and the University of Novi Sad Medical School and Faculty of Philosophy , as well as the Management Faculty in Sremski Karlovci . He also gave a speech on " guerilla filmmaking " at the Megatrend University in Belgrade Malagurski took part in many conferences , including the " Should I Stay Or Should I Go ? " conference organized by the Belgrade Youth Office of the City Government of Belgrade and the " Trustees of Kosovo Thought " conference at the 57th International Book Fair in Belgrade organized by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of the Republic of Serbia . In April 2012 , Malagurski delivered a presentation at Google in Silicon Valley that dealt with raising funds for film projects . Activism . When Kosovo declared independence in 2008 , Malagurski spoke at a protest which drew a crowd of hundreds . In 2009 he was named among the " Top 30 Under 30 Serbian Young Entrepreneurs " at the Serbian International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference , chaired by Tijana Arnautović , while in 2011 , Malagurski was a keynote speaker at the annual Conference . Occasionally , Malagurski writes articles for the political magazine " New Serbian political thought " and produces video reports for the Centre for Research on Globalization . In October 2011 , Malagurski showed his film " The Weight of Chains " at the Jarinje barricades on the Kosovo - Serbia border , which he claims was a show of support for the Serbs ' cause in fighting for their rights in the disputed province . In June 2012 , Malagurski took part in a protest in front of the building of Radio Television Serbia that called for an end to " organized media darkness " in Serbia and requested the airing of Malagurski ' s film " The Weight of Chains " on Serbia ' s public broadcaster . In front of hundreds of protesters , Malagurski stated that Aleksandar Tijanić , the director of RTS , told Malagurski that the film received a positive review , but couldn ' t be aired on RTS because it was allegedly already aired on Happy TV , which Malagurski claimed wasn ' t true . Malagurski provided signed and stamped documentation from Happy TV in which it ' s written that Happy TV never aired " The Weight of Chains " . On October 24 , 2012 , exactly 100 years after the Battle of Kumanovo , Malagurski , together with other Serbian activists , organized a " Thanksgiving walk of remembrance " that started in front of the Government of Serbia building and continued to the Novo groblje cemetery complex where the organizers laid a wreath on the tomb of Radomir Putnik , the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army in the Balkan Wars .