I'm Thank you. Good day, listeners, and welcome to Don't Invide the Kool-Aid.

I'm Kim Kennedy, today's host of the program, and we're so glad that you're with us.

As always, we have a very interesting lineup today.

We're going to be talking with Natalia Marakvar, and she is the producer of a documentary film called 15 Days. Also co-hosting

with me today is Michelle Ashley, and I'm so glad to have both of them here. Michelle and

Italia, welcome. Thank you so much. It have both of them here. Michelle and Italia, welcome.

Thank you so much. It's great to be here.

Well, we're glad you are.

And we are talking about this film, the story of families who fought for their children

because they realized that no one was coming to save their kids.

And some ironies that I saw in the preview was how you could go out and protest.

Remember the good old days five years back, right guys?

But you couldn't put 20 kids in a classroom.

There were select stores that were open.

I guess, you know, you couldn't get COVID there. But for the

locally owned businesses, many of them were shut down. Hmm. Very selective there, but

Natalia B, you know, tell us what was your impetus for making this film? What, what drove you to

go to this and say, I got to, I got to do more than just complain about it?

I want to, you know, put this film together.

Well, thank you for asking Kim and thank you and Michelle for having me on your show.

Well, first of all, the years must have gone quickly because it's not five years. it's six years, actually. It's been six

years since the school closures and the pandemic. It feels like a lifetime for me. I'm sure you

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