Marcia Robiou
Hollyhock Filmmaker-in-Residence
Marcia Maritza Robiou is a documentary filmmaker and investigative reporter. She is currently FRONTLINE’s 2022 Hollyhock Filmmaker-in-Residence and working on an upcoming program on the Minneapolis Police Department. She worked on Whose Vote Counts , the recipient of the 2020 Peabody Award and 2020 NABJ Award , as a senior reporter and field producer. Marcia’s previous projects include Right to Fail, the winner of a Deadline Club Award , and Separated: Children at the Border , which garnered the 2018 Peabody Award and a 2018 Emmy-nomination for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary . Marcia came to FRONTLINE as an Abrams Journalism Fellow in 2018. Before she became a filmmaker, she worked as a humanitarian for nearly a decade in Myanmar, South Sudan, Kenya and Iraq. During this time, Marcia worked on a number of shorts, including The Jungle Surgeon of Myanmar for Al Jazeera Witness. She received a master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Marcia was born in the U.S. to Dominican parents.
Twitter:
@MarciaRobiouEmail:
marcia_robiou@wgbh.orgLanguages Spoken:
Spanish
Location:
New York