Directing
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Abingdon, Virginia, USA
15 films
Bio
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated, Peabody-winning, and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker from Logan County, West Virginia. Her films explore life in Appalachia through personal and political lenses, covering topics such as coal’s cultural legacy, the opioid crisis, rural deindustrialization, incarceration, and environmental justice.
Filmography
Beat Down
Producer
The Ascent
Director
The Elders
Production Coordinator
Hollow
Director
Heroin(e)
Director
Tutwiler
Producer
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
Director
Troublesome Creek2023
Troublesome Creek
Additional Camera
TIMBERLINE
Director
Recovery Boys
Producer
Coal's Deadly Dust2019
Coal's Deadly Dust
Writer
King Coal
Narrator (voice)