A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
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Taylour Paige
Zola
Riley Keough
Stefani
Colman Domingo
X
Nicholas Braun
Derrek
Ari'el Stachel
Sean
Nelcie Souffrant
Gail
Nasir Rahim
Jonathan
Jason Mitchell
Dion
Ts Madison
Hollywood
Latasha Glenn
Dancer
Director
Janicza Bravo
Screenplay
Janicza Bravo
Tagline
"Y'all wanna hear a story?"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$3,500,000
Production
Killer Films, Ramona Films, Gigi Films
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
March 27, 2020
“You wanna hear a story about why me and this b--ch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” On paper (or on an iPhone screen), “Zola” sounds like one of the worst ever ideas for a feature-length film. Based on a real-life Twitter thread between a Hooters waitress and a stripper, this stranger than fiction story played out over social media in 2015 — and damn if it doesn’t make f...
beyondthecineramadome
June 20, 2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/american-nightmare-zola-review<a> Janicza Bravo’s long-awaited star of Sundance, _@zola_, could not feel more timely, despite the year-long delay. Adapted from the viral Twitter thread of 2015 by Aziah “Zola” King, @zola tells the story of a trip to Tampa gone horribly wrong. After a chance meeting in a Detroit re...
r96sk
July 11, 2022
Different, but I actually liked it. <em>'Zola'</em> takes a few scenes to get into it and to get used to the stylistic choices, namely with the editing and dialogue, though by the end I did in fact enjoy this film. It's a bonkers story, one that I semi heard about when it became known that a film was going to be made based on a thread of tweets. It's probably much better than it was any righ...
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