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Marianna works at the intersection of culture and community as an artist, activist, and narrative and impact strategist. She was the lead impact producer of the documentary "The Territory" (NatGeo), winner of the Peabody Award, Emmy-nominated, and shortlisted for the Oscars™ in 2023. She is part of the impact strategist team for Doc Society’s Climate Story Fund and recently joined Nia Tero as an impact producer.

In addition to filming and editing her own experimental films—including the short "Good Cops Bad Cops More Cops No Cops", produced during the 2020 lockdown in collaboration with students from the Red Hook Community Center in Brooklyn, NY—she has collaborated as a researcher on the short documentary "Ameaçados" (2014), commissioned by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and directed by Julia Mariano, and as an assistant editor for the TV documentary show "Papo de Polícia" (Brazil, 2010), directed by Rafael Dragaud. She studied arts in Rio de Janeiro (Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage and Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro) and in New York (National Academy of Arts and Design). She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and a Master’s in Social Policy and Planning (London School of Economics). Her films and other artistic works have been shown at Casamata, Teatro Ipanema, EAV Parque Lage, Escola de Cinema Darcy Ribeiro, Judson Memorial Church, Ideal Glass, National Academy Museum, Grace Exhibition Space, SVA Flatiron Project Space, AW Asia, and SVA Westside Gallery. In 2021, she received the New York Foundation for the Arts’ Artist Corps Grant. Marianna currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.