Martin Gurri

Trust Us explores America's history of detrimental expert rule. COVID is not the first time the US government has allowed non-elected officials to regulate and implement restrictions that affect the freedoms and wellbeing of the American people.

A documentary revealing why America's school closures lasted longer than almost any other nation. Framed as a forensic analysis of what happened to children during school closures, it blends director Natalya Murakhver's perspective as a Soviet immigrant with voices of children and families nationwide, exposing devastating learning loss, mental health crises, and inequality.