DATE: Thursday, October 9th
TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION: Emory University - Rita Anne Rollins Building Room 102
PRICE: FREE!
In partnership with the Center for Ethics in the Arts at Emory University, the Atlanta Film Society presents a free screening of KING COAL, featuring a virtual Q&A with writer and director Elaine McMillion Sheldon. This screening is a part of Emory University's ongoing Ethics At The Movies series. This event is free and open to the public; ticket reservation is required.
Film Synopsis
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.
ETHICS AT THE MOVIES
Ethics at the Movies is a documentary screening series presented by the Center for Ethics at Emory University, featuring in-person post-film conversations with members of creative teams. Ethics at the Movies has screened over 40 films and hosted such distinguished guest artists as Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand; photographer and filmmaker Ansley West; Regina Kelly, the inspiration behind the film American Violet; and Foreign Press Association Journalist of the Year Award and Peabody Award winner Saeed Kamali Dehghan, among others.
Parking
The most convenient parking is located in the Peavine Visitors Lot, 29 Eagle Row, Atlanta, 30322.
For more parking information, please visit the Emory University Transportation and Parking site.
About the Panelists
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated, Peabody-winning, and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. Her latest films include a personal meditation on the future of the Appalachian coalfields (KING COAL), two observational explorations of the opioid crisis (HEROIN(E) & RECOVERY BOYS), a film that follows the separation of pregnant inmates from their children (TUTWILER), and the deindustrialization of rural communities (HOLLOW), among other economic, cultural, political, and environmental stories. Sheldon’s films have been exhibited and screened at film festivals across the U.S. and internationally, including Sundance, Telluride, Hot Docs, Full Frame, San Francisco International, DOC 10, DOXA, Seattle International, DocLands, Hot Springs, New Orleans, and Camerimage.
She has been nominated for 9 Emmy awards, 3 Peabody awards, is a Creative Capital Awardee, a Livingston Award Finalist, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, a USA Fellow by United States Artists, a Chicken and Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker, one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine, and one of "50 People Changing The South" by Southern Living Magazine. In 2024, Sheldon was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Director of Ethics & the Arts at Emory Center for Ethics. Full bio coming soon.