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The trailer of “O Pioneer,” a documentary film that follows the lives of three West Virginians during the COVID-19 pandemic, is up for a Webby People’s Choice Award.

HELVETIA, W.Va. (WV News) — The trailer for "O Pioneer," the latest feature documentary from West Virginia filmmaking team Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque, is nominated for a Webby Award.

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Coat of Arms’s opening titles for its documentary O Pioneer inspire a sense of adventure before this pioneer story set in modern-day West Virginia.

This week on Inside Appalachia, Appalachians are often called mountaineers — but are they also "pioneers?" A new documentary reckons with what it means… to be a pioneer. In Michigan, an Appalachian mountain man competes in a championship tournament, for skipping stones — and we wade into a mountain wetland to search for one of the region’s most elusive creatures. 

HELVETIA, W.Va. (WV News) — "O Pioneer," the latest feature documentary from Helvetia filmmakers Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacocque, is touring high profile film festivals with funding support from Country

The Hűttes menu strongly reflects the Swiss-German heritage of Helvetia.