WayMark Productions investigates areas otherwise overlooked or underreported by mainstream media. Currently concentrating on health issues such as cancer and Lyme disease, WayMark intends to broaden its mission in upcoming years to include other topics having an adverse effect on the world and its people. WayMark Productions, LLC, was founded by Megan S. Smith, M.S., a screenwriter of 13 years and now documentary filmmaker and investigative reporter on health/science issues.
Having carried out thesis work in molecular genetics for her master’s in biology, in addition to an undergrad pre-med curriculum, Smith is uniquely qualified for researching areas in the health/medical field, carrying WayMark’s vision forward. Smith has written several upending investigative journalism pieces as a freelance writer on Lyme disease, one for The Washington Post.
My journey filming documentaries began in 2015, six years after my beloved husband passed away of lung cancer. The way he died nagged me for quite a while. I in turn wanted to do what I could to alleviate another human being – including my father, a three-time cancer survivor – passing to the other side in the manner my husband did.
Diagnosed with incurable “late Lyme” disease shortly before my husband’s diagnosis, I turned to alternative therapies, a decision which essentially saved my life. We treated my husband briefly with this same therapy and his terrible wheezing stopped after just three days and never returned.
Still, my husband was not convinced. Proctor, having worked in the U.S. Senate for 35 years, needed hard evidence. “Megan,” he pleaded in his Georgian drawl, “please don’t ask me to decide between an unproven alternative treatment and my doctor’s advice.”
And so he followed the path of conventional medicine which took his life in a very short time.
It took over six years to ponder how best to reach a wide audience to share what I’d learned through these experiences. One day the idea of documentary hit me. Within weeks I’d bought two cameras and filming accoutrement, hired a videographer, and set out on my journey to find the world’s top alternative cancer doctors and therapies. The majority of treatments are peer-reviewed and “evidence-based,” but for a variety of reasons haven’t seen much light of day.
In the past, as with most people, my biggest fear was the dreaded Big C diagnosis. Now, armed with the knowledge that an arsenal of alternatives exist, I no longer fear this disease. I no longer fear cancer or the aftermath of conventional treatments because I know I have alternatives at my disposal, and I want other folks to feel the same — to feel safe.
Through this investigation, I uncovered and am conveying these viable treatments so that patients will understand they have A CHOICE. So that they too will have an array of treatment choices, a cache of knowledge, that allows them to choose which path to take on their healing journey.
I pray that the impact of my first released documentary, “bOObs: The War on Women’s Breasts” (a film on breast cancer screening tests), and my upcoming second film, “A New Standard of Care: Alternative Cancer Therapies,” together decrease the horrific number of deaths from this dreadful disease in the U.S. and abroad.
But most of all, I want people to have CHOICES and simply have HOPE.
John M. Kirchner is a professional artist and photographer with over thirty years experience. Kirchner studied at Pratt Institute, The Architectural Association, The University of Copenhagen, and The University of Lausanne.
His work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and is contained in the collections of The United States Department of State, The Federal Reserve Board, The District of Columbia Arts and Humanities Commission, JP Morgan Bank, Mr. Peter Lynch and Mr. George Stephanopoulos.
Eric Merola is an internationally award-winning documentary filmmaker. Under his company Merola Productions, LLC, he has over the last decade directed, produced, written and edited his six documentaries exploring new scientific technologies in the space of medical research.
Jim Robeson has won 2 Grammy® Awards, worked on 11 Grammy®-nominated projects, was nominated for a Grammy® for Best Engineered Album, is a 4-time winner of Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) Engineer of the Year, and a 2-time winner of WAMA Producer of the Year. Robeson has directed, shot, edited, and produced over 300 videos.
After receiving a bachelor’s in journalism at Washington, D.C.’s American University, Piantadosi worked at The Washington Post for almost 30 years, including as a reporter and travel editor/writer, spending his last eight years on web and digital projects. He and his wife moved out to the rural Blue Ridge foothills adjacent to Shenandoah National Park in 1999. It was there in Rappahannock County that he spent the last six years as editor and chief reporter at the local paper.
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I wanted to share another interview I did with Sally Saxon, Esq., for her podcast “Astound Yourself.” We discussed both of my films and shared a lot of stories that we personally Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: I’ve been very busy interviewing on a number of podcasts and the like around the world regarding my new documentary film “A New Standard of Care: Alternative Cancer Therapies” which can be Read more…
Hello bOObs Bloggettes: My friend Veronique Desaulniers (aka, Dr. V) is co-hosting a Breast Cancer Breakthrough Summit FREE on line January 16-22, 2024. It looks to be quite a line up and includes some of the Read more…
