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Past Film/Video | Visiting Filmmakers | Contemporary Screen
with Elaine McMillion Sheldon in personQ&A follows screening
Columbus Premiere
$7 members and guests 55 and over$9 general public$5 students
Enjoy snacks with your movieHeirloom Café reopens at 6 PM until this screening begins, serving gourmet popcorn plus beer, wine, and other refreshments. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store.
ACCESSIBILITY Closed captions are available.We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
Emmy-winning filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon returns to the Wex to present her latest film King Coal and to discuss the film with Columbus musician Brian Harnetty.
The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. Sheldon, a coal miner’s daughter, explores the region’s dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty, as her community sits on the brink of massive change.
Through a remarkably collaborative filmmaking process, King Coal provides a unique portrait of the region. The film channels the spirit of the Appalachian people and land to imagine new futures and stories outside of the region’s relationship to coal. Sheldon is a distinct and innovative artistic voice documenting contemporary Appalachia. After the screening, she will be joined by Columbus composer and musician Brian Harnetty—who has centered many sound and listening projects in Appalachia—for a memorable conversation. (78 mins., DCP)
IMAGE CAPTION King Coal, courtesy of Elaine McMillion Sheldon
SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Ohio Department of Development Greater Columbus Arts Council The Wexner Family Institute of Museum and Library Services Ohio Arts Council CampusParc Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme The Columbus Foundation Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Axium Packaging Nancy Kramer Ohio State Energy Partners Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection Larry and Donna James Bruce and Joy Soll Jones Day Alex and Renée Shumate
Past Film/Video
King Coal
