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Learn about award-winning documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon, her passion for Appalachia, and her work exploring resilience, justice, and rural stories.

Filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon shows a different side of the fight against drugs — one of hope. "Heroin(e)" profiles three women fighting the opioid epidemic in Huntington, WV. A story of courage and community.

Learn about award-winning documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon, her passion for Appalachia, and her work exploring resilience and rural stories.

Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an award-winning documentary director, writer, and producer who makes films and tells stories from the Appalachian Mountains of the United States of America.

Documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon to write a book for WVU Press. This work, a reflection on her career as a documentary filmmaker, will blend personal essays with practical knowledge and is inspired by the queries that the director of Ki