Documentary ‘15 Days’ Exposes How ‘Slow the Spread’ Led to Years of School Closures, Devastating 50 Million Students

A new documentary exposing how “15 days to slow the spread” spiraled into years of school closures that devastated more than 50 million students premiered exclusively on X this week, with director Natalya Murakhver declaring that 15 Days: The Real Story of America’s Pandemic School Closures finally gives voice to the parents, students, and doctors who fought to be heard.

Directed by Murakhver and produced with Hawk Jensen and Eli Steele, the film debuted Tuesday evening on the platform formerly known as Twitter and has drawn more than 400,000 views in its first days of free streaming.

Murakhver, a Soviet immigrant and New York City “Open Schools Mom” who sued Mayor Bill de Blasio to reopen classrooms, frames the story through her experience under authoritarian rule while connecti