“King Coal” is a feature-length documentary by West Virginia-raised and Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Curren Sheldon. It will be shown publicly for the first time in West
A poetic ode to the blue ridges of West Virginia and Central Appalachia, King Coal in passages evokes an IMAX educational film for its scope, space, and presence. It's narrated and stars Lanie Marsh as a young woman who explains the complex history of coal as a specter that looms over the region. Coal is