Roller Palace: Breaking the Sitcom

Roller Palace: Breaking the Sitcom

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Roller Palace: Breaking the Sitcom

2006

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Documentary

Overview

mtvU—MTV's college network—spent over a year documenting the journey of Roller Palace from concept to completed pilot. Camera crews followed students from Boston University's Department of Film and Television and School of Theater Arts as they developed, wrote, starred in, produced, and edited the sitcom pilot.

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Maria Sansone

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Elizabeth Palin

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Rebecca Light

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Rebecca Light

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