Jacqueline Glover and Jihan Robinson have joined Disney’s Onyx Collective in new executive roles serving as the head of documentary programming and vice president of documentary programming. Both women will report to Tara Duncan.
Jacqueline Glover, Jihan Robinson
Photo Via Onyx Collective/Jabari Jacobs
What’s Happening:
- The Walt Disney Company has announced that programming executives Jacqueline Glover and Jihan Robinson have been named to new roles as part of the recently launched Onyx Collective.
- Glover will serve as head of documentary programming, while Robinson will assume the role of vice president, documentary programming.
- Disney’s Tara Duncan, president, Freeform and Onyx Collective, shared the news of their new positions earlier today. Both women will report to Duncan.
- Glover and Robinson will work closely with Duncan to continue building on Onyx Collective’s roster of emerging and established creators of color, as well as produce and develop non-fiction projects for the brand.
- Glover will also continue to serve as head of Documentaries, ABC News.
- Robinson will also continue in her role as vice president, Alternative Programming, Freeform.
- Glover and Robinson will be charged with spearheading the newly announced brand’s non-fiction slate, which already includes the recently acquired documentary, Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised).
- The duo will also oversee the groundbreaking The 1619 Project, based on materials from The New York Times Magazine and Nikole Hannah-Jones’s acclaimed work by the same name.
What They’re Saying:
- Tara Duncan, president, Freeform and Onyx Collective: “Jackie and Jihan are the best executives in their field. Their expertise, relationships and proven skills with material have been instrumental in laying the foundation for Onyx Collective. As we build our slate, I’m thrilled to have their instincts driving our non-fiction strategy and their creative acumen to build meaningful partnerships with creators.”
- Jacqueline Glover: “I am thrilled to be working with this world-class team of accomplished, visionary executives. Documentaries are my passion, so to be able to bring that to Onyx Collective and support, collaborate with and celebrate filmmakers of color and bring their stories to the screen is truly an honor.”
- Jihan Robinson: “The opportunity to work with Onyx Collective is a distinct career high point. Onyx Collective is not just saying, ‘here’s a seat at the table’ but, ‘here’s the table, change the world,’ no other brand is doing this. It is a personal and professional honor that is beyond measure, and I can’t wait for audiences to see what we’re going to do.”
Meet Jacqueline Glover:
- Jacqueline Glover serves as head of documentaries, ABC News, and is responsible for managing ABC News’ burgeoning feature documentary business.
- Formerly senior vice president, HBO Documentary Films, Glover was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the department’s programming, including development, acquisitions and production. While at HBO, Glover worked on such acclaimed projects as:
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
- King in the Wilderness
- Black Art: In the Absence of Light
- Jim: The James Foley Story
- Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
- Redemption
- Gloria: In Her Own Words
- When the Levees Broke
- Chernobyl Heart
- The Personals
- 4 Little Girls
- China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
- Teddy: In His Own Words
- Glover holds a bachelor’s in fine arts from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Meet Jihan Robinson:
- Robinson also serves as vice president, alternative programming, Freeform, where she oversees non-fiction and alternative content for the young adult network.
- Prior to joining Disney, Robinson was head of documentaries at Quibi overseeing strategy, development and production of documentary programming.
- She’s also served as vice president of Nonfiction Programming at Topic Studios, where she oversaw the financing, development and production of documentary series and feature films including:
- Pahokee
- Black 14
- Wrinkles the Clown
- Love Fraud
- The Fight
- Mucho Mucho Amor
- A Thousand Cuts
- Robinson's career also includes roles at Netflix and HBO Documentary Films.
- She is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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