Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Documentary Filmmaker
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy and Peabody-winning filmmaker. Sheldon is the director of “Heroin(e)” and “Recovery Boys,” two Netflix Original Documentaries that explore America’s opioid crisis. “Heroin(e)” premiered at the 2017 Telluride Film Festival, was nominated for a 2018 Academy Award, and has screened over 300 times across the country in communities hit hard by the opioid crisis. The LA Times called “Recovery Boys” “sensitive and life-affirming”; the film premiered at the 2018 Hot Docs International Film Festival. Sheldon’s film “Tutwiler” is an intimate look at motherhood inside one of America’s most notorious prisons. “Tutwiler” premiered at the...
Location:
Knoxville, TN
Areas of Expertise:
Business & Economy, Climate & Environment, Social Issues, World, Education
Languages:
English
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Stories from Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Tutwiler
Coal’s Deadly Dust
Betting on Trump: Coal
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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