The M Factor - Shredding the Silence on Menopause

The M Factor by Women in the Room Productions and Take Flight Productions (2024) Available at: www.themfactorfilm.com (accessed December 5, 2024)

This is a beautiful and informative documentary that covers a wide range of topics related to menopause including physical and biological changes, mental health struggles, inequities in care and support options.

Here is a synopsis from the films website:

“The [M] Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause,” a feature-length documentary film, centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Cameras follow women into their doctors’ offices, at work, and in their homes to expose the challenges they face—including racial biases, gender-ignorant care, inequitable structures and systems, and barriers due to the lack of basic healthcare research. The women featured here open up about their experiences and share their stories of enduring debilitating symptoms while being ignored, ridiculed and/or shamed—and left untreated.

Now there’s a movement to fix the broken system, change the culture and transform our future. “The [M] Factor” turns the spotlight on the progress being made. With input from emboldened physicians, healthcare advocates and leaders in the menopause movement, the film focuses on what is being done to address this public health crisis and offers solutions that can be replicated in medical communities and workplaces across the country.

“The [M] Factor” gives women, their physicians and their advocates a voice and a chance to be seen, heard and respected.”

Reference: The M Factor by Women in the Room Productions and Take Flight Productions (2024) Available at: www.themfactorfilm.com (accessed December 5, 2024)

To view you can watch here:

https://www.pbs.org/show/the-m-factor-shredding-the-silence-on-menopause

Link to Films website: https://themfactorfilm.com