Thursday Jan 20, 2022
What Women Must Know - ”bOObs: The War on Women’s Breasts” with Megan Smith, Prize Winning Director
Megan Smith holds an M.S. in biology with a thesis in molecular genetics, and currently works as a documentary filmmaker and freelance investigative journalist in the areas of science and health. In 2016, Smith founded WayMark Productions, LLC, a company dedicated to bettering the lives of those with health afflictions. Megan wrote, produced and directed her first short documentary, “bOObs: The War on Women’s Breasts,” which garnered numerous film festival awards. Megan's feature film by the same name will be distributed internationally by Los Angeles-based Cinema Libre Studio. “bOObs” looks into the controversial breast cancer screening test of mammography, but also considers a future protocol option for women: thermography in conjunction with ultrasound.