15 DAYS is an explosive documentary that exposes the devastating truth behind America's pandemic school closures. What was supposed to be "15 days to flatten the curve" became years of institutional betrayal that transformed millions of children into collateral damage.

The film reveals how teachers unions weaponized the pandemic to pursue political agendas while ignoring science, and how ordinary parents became extraordinary advocates when institutions failed their children. Through intimate portraits of families, courageous educators, and leading scientists, 15 DAYS chronicles the untold story of how America's children were abandoned by the very institutions meant to protect them.

Event Details

Join us @6:30pm on Thursday, March 5th for the Erie County Premiere of 15 Days.  The event is sponsored by Moms for Liberty - Erie County.  The event is free, but donations are welcomed, with a suggested donation of $10 per person to cover the cost of the movie license. 

About the Director

Natalya Murakhver (Producer/Director)
Co-founder of Restore Childhood, a nonprofit founded during the pandemic school closures. In 2020, Murakhver co-organized the #KeepNYCSchoolsOpen parent group, launched the #MaskLikeAKid campaign in 2021, and co-founded the Urgency of Normal collective in 2022—bringing together public health professionals working to restore normal school and socialization for children after the closures. She holds a Master's in Food Studies from NYU. A longtime NYC resident and mother, she has spent the past three and a half years documenting the impact of pandemic policies on children.

Featured Voices

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Physician, epidemiologist, and 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health. Professor at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration.

Dr. Scott Atlas
Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and former Special Advisor to President Trump on the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Author of the leading textbook on brain and spine MRI imaging.

Dr. Monica Gandhi
Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Associate Chief of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine. Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research and author of Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook (2023).

Martin Gurri
Geopolitical analyst and former CIA media analyst, best known for his prescient book "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium" which analyzed how digital media disrupts traditional authority. After decades at the CIA's Open Source Center studying global media dynamics, he became a visiting fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center and continues to write about media, politics, and democracy for The Free Press.

Alex Gutentag
Journalist and Senior Editor at Public who previously worked as a special education teacher in New York City and Oakland. She has written extensively about the failures of school closures and COVID policies from her firsthand classroom perspective.

Anya Kamenetz
Former NPR education correspondent and author of The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives. Senior advisor at the Aspen Institute and winner of the 2022 AERA Excellence in Media Reporting award.

Jonathan Zachreson
Founder of Reopen California Schools, the grassroots organization that led the fight to reopen schools in California. He is an elected member of the Roseville, California school board.