Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
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Natalya Murakhver is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and co-founder of Restore Childhood, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on children's education, health, and parental rights advocacy. She directs and produces documentary films through Restore Childhood and as a fellow at Palladium Pictures, and writes for the New York Post and her Substack, Restore Childhood.
Born in the Soviet Union and raised in America from age six, Natalya came to filmmaking the way many of the best stories begin — from lived urgency. When New York City schools closed during the pandemic, she founded #KeepNYCSchoolsOpen and filed a lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio to reopen them. That fight became 15 DAYS: The Real Story of America's Pandemic School Closures — a forensic documentary investigation into how and why America's children were locked out of their schools, and what it cost them.
Natalya was inspired to make the film in the tradition of Steven Spielberg's Shoah project — the conviction that bearing witness to institutional failure is a moral obligation, not just a creative one. As someone who grew up in the Soviet Union and arrived in America as a child, she recognized early what many did not: the warning signs of a society where the state overrides parental authority, where information is controlled, and where children are shaped by ideology rather than family and faith. That recognition — and her deep belief in Judeo-Christian values, in God, and in a parent's sacred agency over their child — drives everything she makes.
Her current mission: getting 15 DAYS seen by every parent in America, and inoculating families with the truth so they can push back against indoctrination and reclaim their children's futures.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Restore Childhood / Natalya Murakhver:
X: https://x.com/Rstorechildhood
Instagram: instagram.com/restorechildhood
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/restorechildhood
YouTube: youtube.com/restorechildhood
Substack: restorechildhood.substack.com
15 DAYS Film — all links in one place:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/15DAYS
FILM TRAILER:
YouTube Trailer: youtube.com/restorechildhood (trailer is pinned)
WEBSITES:
restorechildhood.com
15daysfilm.com
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If you would like to contact me, my website is: theradicalcenterconsulting.com
I am also on X @JLeslieElliott
And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!):
paypal.me/jleslieelliott
buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter
patreon.com/theradicalcenter
Another great way to support my work (and get something nice for yourself!) is to shop my handmade ceramics online at: ceramics.wherethealdersgrow.com
Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Come join our Solid Ground peer support and discussion groups at sground.substack.com And you can join our locals community at solidground.locals.com
Additional resources and affiliates:
Critical Therapy Antidote: criticaltherapyantidote.org
Christine Sefein Wolk: cohost of the CTA podcast: youtube.com/@ctapodcast
Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/live/ajJ-c4C2Sqc
Natalya Murakhver is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and co-founder of Restore Childhood, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on children's education, health, and parental rights advocacy. She directs and produces documentary films through Restore Childhood and as a fellow at Palladium Pictures, and writes for the New York Post and her Substack, Restore Childhood.
Born in the Soviet Union and raised in America from age six, Natalya came to filmmaking the way many of the best stories begin — from lived urgency. When New York City schools closed during the pandemic, she founded #KeepNYCSchoolsOpen and filed a lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio to reopen them. That fight became 15 DAYS: The Real Story of America's Pandemic School Closures — a forensic documentary investigation into how and why America's children were locked out of their schools, and what it cost them.
Natalya was inspired to make the film in the tradition of Steven Spielberg's Shoah project — the conviction that bearing witness to institutional failure is a moral obligation, not just a creative one. As someone who grew up in the Soviet Union and arrived in America as a child, she recognized early what many did not: the warning signs of a society where the state overrides parental authority, where information is controlled, and where children are shaped by ideology rather than family and faith. That recognition — and her deep belief in Judeo-Christian values, in God, and in a parent's sacred agency over their child — drives everything she makes.
Her current mission: getting 15 DAYS seen by every parent in America, and inoculating families with the truth so they can push back against indoctrination and reclaim their children's futures.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Restore Childhood / Natalya Murakhver:
X: https://x.com/Rstorechildhood
Instagram: instagram.com/restorechildhood
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/restorechildhood
YouTube: youtube.com/restorechildhood
Substack: restorechildhood.substack.com
15 DAYS Film — all links in one place:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/15DAYS
FILM TRAILER:
YouTube Trailer: youtube.com/restorechildhood (trailer is pinned)
WEBSITES:
restorechildhood.com
15daysfilm.com
_____________________________________________________________________
If you would like to contact me, my website is: theradicalcenterconsulting.com
I am also on X @JLeslieElliott
And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!):
paypal.me/jleslieelliott
buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenter
patreon.com/theradicalcenter
Another great way to support my work (and get something nice for yourself!) is to shop my handmade ceramics online at: ceramics.wherethealdersgrow.com
Join us every Monday at 10:00am Pacific/1:00pm Eastern for the Solid Ground Live stream. Come join our Solid Ground peer support and discussion groups at sground.substack.com And you can join our locals community at solidground.locals.com
Additional resources and affiliates:
Critical Therapy Antidote: criticaltherapyantidote.org
Christine Sefein Wolk: cohost of the CTA podcast: youtube.com/@ctapodcast
