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Issa Rae‘s production company Hoorae Film and TV has named industry veteran Nichole T. Roberts as head of unscripted. In her new role, Roberts will oversee…
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The pair will adapt the successful 5-part podcast of the same name into a comedy series and will co-executive produce.
The project has already received a pilot commitment at HBO. The half-hour comedy is described as ‘a satirical look at the conflict and comedy that arise when highly resourced white parents, who claim to have the best intentions, wield their influence over generations of black and brown students within the NY public school system.’
An earlier report on
theGrio noted that Rae revamped her production company to “raise the profile of other artists of color.”