Elaine McMillion Sheldon: King Coal, World Premiere at Sundance
![Gabby and Lanie are two young girls who live in the coalfields of Appalachia. Film still from Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s King Coal.](https://creative-capital.org/wp-content/uploads/projects/king-coal/1_KingCoal_8_optimized-1600x844.jpg)
Gabby and Lanie are two young girls who live in the coalfields of Appalachia. Film still from Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s King Coal.
Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s King Coal makes its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival!
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 miner’s daughter exploring the region’s dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty, as her community sits on the brink of massive change.