Elaine McMillion Sheldon Movies
- 2023
King Coal
King Coal102023HD
The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal...
- 2018
Recovery Boys
Recovery Boys6.42018HD
In the heart of America's opioid epidemic, four men try to reinvent their lives and mend their broken relationships after years of drug abuse.
- 2017
Heroin(e)
Heroin(e)6.92017HD
This documentary follows three women — a fire chief, a judge, and a street missionary — as they battle West Virginia's devastating opioid...
- 2018
Phantom Cowboys
Phantom Cowboys6.82018HD
Part time capsule, part folk song, Phantom Cowboys follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly different parts of the United...
- 2017
11/8/16
11/8/166.52017HD
U.S. citizens in more than 25 states are followed as they set out on the morning of the presidential election, throughout the course of the day,...
- 2024
Beat Down
Beat Down52024HD
A down-on-his-luck schemer from a West Virginia boxing family comes home to borrow money from his mother, a two-time world champion, and winds up...
- 1970
Mother Jones
Mother Jones01970HD
An Irish-born American working at various points as a dressmaker and schoolteacher, Jones pivoted her focus to union and community organizing and...
- 2013
West Virginia, Still Home
West Virginia, Still Home02013HD
McDowell County, situated in the coalfields of West Virginia, has experienced a great boom-and-bust since 1950. But despite the economic decline and...
- 2019
Coal's Deadly Dust
Coal's Deadly Dust02019HD
Coal miners are dying from the resurgence of an epidemic that could have been prevented. FRONTLINE and NPR’s joint investigation revealed the...
- 2019
Tutwiler
Tutwiler02019HD
In this unique portrait of motherhood, women who give birth while incarcerated at one of America's most notorious prisons struggle to stay connected...
- 2023
Troublesome Creek
Troublesome Creek02023HD
Follows a group of recovering addicts working at Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Co. in Hindman, Kentucky.
- 2017
TIMBERLINE
TIMBERLINE02017HD
For decades, the Navy base known as Sugar Grove Station provided jobs and a sense of stability for the residents of Sugar Grove, West Virginia. Now,...
- 1970
Hollow
Hollow01970HD
An immersive project that examines the future of rural America through the residents of West Virginia's McDowell County.