A Screening & Discussion with WVU Alum and
Award-Winning Filmmaker, Elaine McMillion Sheldon
hosted by the Eberly Roundtable 2024
Friday, February 9th
G20 Ming Hsieh Hall
WVU Downtown Campus
Doors Open: 6:30 PM
Film Screening: 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Discussion: 8:30-9:30 PM
Free and open to the public
WVU alum and an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy and Peabody-winning filmmaker. Director of two Netflix Original Documentaries - HEROIN(E) and RECOVERY BOYS- that explore America's opioid crisis. She has been named a Creative Capital Awardee, Guggenheim Fellow, a USA fellow by United States Artists, and one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film,” by Filmmaker Magazine.
“... this examination of storytelling juxtaposes a present-day portrait of a coal community with sweeping shots of verdant mountain scenery set to a dreamy score by Bobak Lotfipour and extraordinary sound effects by breath artist Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero.”
Associate Professor of Geography Director, Center for Resilient Communities
Professor, Reed College of Media
Associate Professor, WVU School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of History
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering
The Eberly Roundtable, hosted annually by the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, provides an interdisciplinary forum open to the campus and community. Each year, the event brings together scholars, artists and community members to engage on a topic of central importance to WVU’s land-grant mission and regional identity.