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Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon, “King Coal” closed this semester’s Cultural Enhancement Series on Thursday, April 11, at the Capitol. “A quilt of the community,” as Sheldon described it, “King Coal” weaves the scenery of Appalachia and the stories of people who live there together. The film follows several characters, one of...
Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon will introduce the film at the Athena Cinema as a part of the "From the Hills and Hollers" series.
A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.
Elaine McMillion Sheldon writes, directs and narrates a documentary film about the cultural hold of coal in West Virginia, part of so many families’ histories, including her own
“King Coal” is a feature-length documentary by West Virginia-raised and Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Curren Sheldon. It will be shown publicly for the first time in West