- Shortlisted for a 2021 Cannes Young Director Award
- Official Selection, Mountainfilm 2021
- “… A grim, almost blackly comic example of corporate power. Compounded by ashen colour grading and shots of mining's heydey, 'The Both of Me' is a tough look at a region on life support. However, Nelson's dignified presence and insights reward hardy viewers until the bitter end.” - Andrew MacGregor, DavidReviews.tv
- “Beyond the drivel of any Hillbilly Elegy and its grotesque depictions of Appalachia, The Both of Me allows Nelson to deliver a raw coal miner's elegy in 18 minutes—informative, astonishing, and gripping minutes that go to the source of truth and reckoning.” - Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams
- “The Both of Me unfolds like a eulogy — memorializing a way of life, a trade and the Appalachian communities whose death came at the hands of the coal industry. Told largely through Chuck Nelson, a third-generation miner who toiled underground for more than 20 years, it lays bare how the industry leaves behind scarred land and bereft people.” - Mountainfilm
CREDITS
Director / Writer: Brandon Lavoie
Executive Producers: Brady Darragh, Brandon Lavoie, Jared Levy
Producer: Ivan Lafayette
Associate Producer: Chris Bellizzi
Director of Photography: Jared Levy
A-Cam Operator: Jared Levy
MoVi Operator: Sam Wood
1st AC: Andrew Peister
Sound Recordist: Jose Gorritti
Gaffer: Alex Rizzo
Key Grip: Shepherd Lashley
Grip: Andrew Jordan
Grip and Electric provided by Bright Guys
Drone Services: Flying Monster
Drone Pilot: Dexter Kennedy
Drone Cam-Op: Jared Levy
Drone Tech: Andrew Peister
POST
Editor: Brady Darragh
Original Score: Jonathan Sigsworth
Visual Effects: Casey Drogin
Additional Visual Effects - Lindytown Sequence: Carbon VFX
Carbon Flame Artist: Michael Sarabia
Carbon Executive Producer: Laurie Adrianopoli
Sound Design & Mix: DEFACTO
Post Sound Producer: Samantha Schneble
Color: Nice Shoes
Color Producer: Serena Bove
Colorist: Phil Choe
Color Assistant: Zachariah Lewis