In March 2020, I was a New York City mom with two kids in public school. I spent the next year fighting to reopen schools, and I sued Mayor Bill de Blasio to get them open. Then I spent more than three years interviewing nearly 60 people about who closed our schools and why. The result is 15 DAYS: The Real Story of America’s Pandemic School Closures. This page gathers the reviews, interviews, articles and screenings in one place, and I will keep adding to it.
This page covers the documentary on Covid school closures, directed by Natalya Murakhver. It is not the unrelated film also titled 15 Days.
Watch the film
Stream 15 DAYS on the Restore Childhood Substack, with permanent access for paid subscribers
Kinema for virtual and in-person group screenings
DVD and 4K digital copy from the Restore Childhood store
Host a screening with a licensed screening kit
Film listings
The film features NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dr. Scott Atlas, Dr. Monica Gandhi, Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, Martin Gurri, Anya Kamenetz, Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice, coach Ron Naclerio, high school football player Garrett “Bam” Morgan and, in archival footage, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten. It premiered free on X in September 2025, passed one million views there, and launched on streaming platforms in March 2026.
Reviews
The Christian Post, review by Brandon Showalter
Jewish Journal: The Biggest Scandal in U.S. Public Policy History, Revisited, by editor David Suissa
Film Threat, review by Alan Ng
Hollywood in Toto: 15 Days Will Make You Furious at Teachers Unions
UK Film Review, review by Jason Knight
Emily Burns: 15 Days, a film review and a warning about teachers’ unions
Penny Marie: The film that exposes what Covid did to our children
Articles and news coverage
City Journal: Who Was to Blame for Pandemic School Closures?
Breitbart: Documentary 15 Days exposes how “slow the spread” led to years of school closures
Hoover Institution: New documentary 15 DAYS examines America’s school closure crisis
AP News release: New documentary 15 DAYS examines America’s school closure crisis
Bucks Independence: Broad and Liberty hosts a screening of 15 DAYS
Praise on X
James Lindsay on 15 DAYS, after the Dallas screening: he wrote that the film made him angrier than he expected.
Interviews and podcasts
City Journal, 10 Blocks podcast with John Tierney: Fighting Covid School Closures
Freedom to Learn with Ginny Gentles, also on Apple Podcasts and YouTube
Journal of Free Black Thought, Ep. 163: Schools, Masks, and Power
Noggin Notes: School closures, childhood resilience and the untold story of 15 DAYS
WITHIN with Dr. Azadeh Khatibi, Ep. 6: What did pandemic school closures really do to children?
Solid Ground #179: The Public School Corruption Covid Revealed
Independent Women’s Forum, The Bespoke Parenting Podcast with Julie Gunlock
The Armstrong Williams Show, my segment starts at 25:13
My writing on the film and the closures
The Daily Signal: Faith Restored, Moms Across America Are United and Ready to Fight Back
Townhall: The Teachers’ Union Betrayal, How Randi Weingarten Sacrificed America’s Children for Power
DC Journal: U.S. Needs to Learn Lesson of School Lockdown Mistake
New York Post: We’re raising kids who can’t do the math, making them easy to manipulate
New York Post: Unions want full control of schools and our kids
From the Restore Childhood Substack
15 DAYS: Why Powerful Unions Are Terrified of a Documentary Made by Moms
15 DAYS: One Year Later Livestream, with Stephanie Edmonds and Garrett “Bam” Morgan Jr.
Screenings
15 DAYS has screened more than a dozen states. We premiered it at the Moms for Liberty national summit in October 2025. The Manhattan Institute hosted our New York premiere in November 2025. We screened in Paso Robles, California, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Freedom Foundation filled a room at its Dallas Teachers Summit in July 2026. FAIR closed its Eli Steele film series with 15 DAYS in August 2026. Vermont Stands Up took the film on a statewide tour and closed the United We Stand Media Fest with it in October 2026.
On December 8, 2026, we will screen the film at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, with a keynote by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and a conversation with Sen. Ron Johnson, moderated by Jan Jekielek.
To host a screening at your school, church or community group, start here or write to natalya@restorechildhood.com.
For press
Download the 15 DAYS electronic press kit, with the poster and stills of our interview subjects. For interviews, contact Natalya Murakhver at natalya@restorechildhood.com.
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