Interview with Elaine McMillion Sheldon, November 13, 2018
Project: Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic
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Filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon talks about documenting the opioid epidemic as a native West Virginian, giving fair coverage to topics like medication-assisted treatment. She talks about Appalachia, technology and progress, and how those themes relate to the opioid crisis. She discusses her Netflix film 'Heroin(e)', and her most recent film 'Recovery Boys.' She also talks about her personal background and childhood coming from a coal mining family in Logan, West Virginia.Interview Accession
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Heroin(e) Recovery Boys Drug overdose Logan County, West Virginia Netflix West Virginia Oscar nominations Oscar nominees Coal-mining machinery industry Childhood Families. Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region Coal mines and mining--West Virginia John Prine Music videos Emerson College Churches Anthony Bourdain Coal minersInterview LC Subject
Drug addiction and recovery Substance abuse--Treatment Opioid abuse Opioid use Ethnographic films Motion pictures--Production and direction Drug addiction Substance abuse Substance abuse--Social aspects Appalachian Region--Social conditions Poverty--Appalachian Region Regionalism--Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Economic conditions Appalachians (People) in motion pictures Drug abuse--Social aspects Drug abuse--Treatment Drug abuse Drug addiction--Treatment Documentary films--Production and direction Documentary filmsInterview Rights
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Sheldon, Elaine McMillion Interview by Nadia Ramlagan. 13 Nov. 2018. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Sheldon, E.M. (2018, November 13). Interview by N. Ramlagan. Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Sheldon, Elaine McMillion, interview by Nadia Ramlagan. November 13, 2018, Painkiller: An Oral History of the Opioid Epidemic, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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