Elaine McMillion Sheldon Filmes

  • 2023
    King Coal

    King Coal

    King Coal

    102023HD

    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...

    King Coal
  • 2017
    Heroin(e)

    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...

    Heroin(e)
  • 2018
    Recovery Boys

    Recovery Boys

    Recovery Boys

    6.42018HD

    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.

    Recovery Boys
  • 2017
    11/8/16

    11/8/16

    11/8/16

    6.52017HD

    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,...

    11/8/16
  • 2018
    Phantom Cowboys

    Phantom Cowboys

    Phantom Cowboys

    6.82018HD

    Part time capsule, part folk song, Phantom Cowboys follows three teenage boys as they approach adulthood in vastly different parts of the United...

    Phantom Cowboys
  • 2023
    Troublesome Creek

    Troublesome Creek

    Troublesome Creek

    02023HD

    Follows a group of recovering addicts working at Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Co. in Hindman, Kentucky.

    Troublesome Creek
  • 2019
    Tutwiler

    Tutwiler

    Tutwiler

    02019HD

    In this unique portrait of motherhood, women who give birth while incarcerated at one of America's most notorious prisons struggle to stay connected...

    Tutwiler
  • 2013
    West Virginia, Still Home

    West Virginia, Still Home

    West Virginia, Still Home

    02013HD

    McDowell County, situated in the coalfields of West Virginia, has experienced a great boom-and-bust since 1950. But despite the economic decline and...

    West Virginia, Still Home
  • 2019
    Coal's Deadly Dust

    Coal's Deadly Dust

    Coal's Deadly Dust

    02019HD

    Coal miners are dying from the resurgence of an epidemic that could have been prevented. FRONTLINE and NPR’s joint investigation revealed the...

    Coal's Deadly Dust
  • 2024
    Beat Down

    Beat Down

    Beat Down

    52024HD

    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...

    Beat Down
  • 1970
    Mother Jones

    Mother Jones

    Mother Jones

    01970HD

    An Irish-born American working at various points as a dressmaker and schoolteacher, Jones pivoted her focus to union and community organizing and...

    Mother Jones
  • 2017
    TIMBERLINE

    TIMBERLINE

    TIMBERLINE

    02017HD

    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,...

    TIMBERLINE
  • 1970
    Hollow

    Hollow

    Hollow

    01970HD

    An immersive project that examines the future of rural America through the residents of West Virginia's McDowell County.

    Hollow