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The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause
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About The M Factor Film
Lost Wages & Careers: Menopause silently affects women's health, careers, families, and financial security—contributing to billions of dollars in lost wages and stalled professional advancement.
Medical Failures: Gaps in medical education and research have normalized dismissal, misdiagnosis, and silence around women's midlife health.
Inequitable Care: Racial biases, gender-ignorant care, and barriers due to lack of basic healthcare research disproportionately affect women.
Prevention Opportunity: The film reframes menopause as a critical window for prevention with profound implications for heart health, bone density, and cognitive function.
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What people are saying
"We shouldn't need a documentary to remind us that women are just as, if not more, valuable in the menopausal phase of life — or that they still have so much to contribute to society. The M Factor is just so well done and on point. I am very proud to be a part of it."
"Along with offering insights from policymakers, this first-of-its-kind documentary is a rallying cry for policy changes we need now — especially in the American workplace."
"Groundbreaking... This is the first documentary of its kind to include 12 of the top doctors and advocates on the subject."
"A groundbreaking new documentary is transforming the conversation even more profoundly. The film shares much needed information and empowers women around the world to bring the conversation around menopause into the mainstream."
"Fantastic job discussing the stigma and stereotypes surrounding menopause... The M Factor is incisive, thoughtful, and scathing at times, and it needs to be."
"Menopause is the one universal female experience... You may not have a lot of things that affect women. Menopausal, I guarantee you, you will be."
Film Credits
Director Jacoba Atlas
Executive Producers Denise Pines, Tamsen Fadal, Joanne LaMarca Mathisen, Alexandra Cohen
Written By Jacoba Atlas
Supervising Producer Erica Paige
Producers Tamsen Fadal, Joanne LaMarca Mathisen
Editors Codi Barbini, Quinn Barbini
Directors of Photography Eddie Lebron, Darryl Smith, Frank Steel, Jes Gallegos, Juan Fernandez, Katie Ann Lange, Jimmy Xie, Rob Massey, Hanna Oneda, Nathan Stevens, Jim Ball
Additional Camera Melissa Holt, Chelsea Austin
Sound Recordists Samantha Cohen, Henri Rapp, Jonathan Wolff, Myriam Boisselle, Kevin Malcome, Nic Ulmer, Jalen Thompson, Adam Swanson, Aaron S. Webster, Brian Testa, Chris Hall
Camera Assistants and DIT Leticia Buchanan, Dewayne Davall, Jorge Mejia, Robby Cool, Riley Joy Gantt, Matt Roth, Ally Wang
Grip Randy Murdock
Production Team Kristin Taylor, Cyd Sacks, Meredith Atwater, Brenda Gutierrez
Graphics Andrea Schmitz
Post Production Box to Box Films, Elena C. Epps, Evelyn Hernandez, Jason Moore
Finishing Services Banana Post
Re Recording Mixer Vanessa Flores
Colorist Jenn Lee
Online Editor Stephen Dickman
Legal Services Smith Dehn LLP
Music Library 411 Music Group
Footage and Stills Courtesy Of TED Talks, LAFDtm Los Angeles Fire Department, iStock contributors Vizerskaya, German Alvarez, Pavel Aseev, Azam Ishaq, Mohamed Rida Roki, Jian Fan, Phodo, Tawatti, Hh5800, Capspo Pond5, Slicedbread Pond5, Wirestock Pond5, Brusheezy, TriCornDesign
Special Thanks Tamsen Fadal, Carisa Speth, Nina Moncrief Marion, Nicole Heil, Andrea Donsky, Kristy Ward, Camille Joy, Zoë Foster Blake, Melani Sanders, Laine Bruzek, Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer Kahan, Rebeca Huffman, Charna Lang, Dr. Fenwa Famakinwa Milhous
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