Film
Zola
- Director
- Janicza Bravo
- Certificate
- 18
- Running Time
- 86 mins
Based on the Rolling Stone article Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted, which was in turn inspired by a viral Twitter thread created by Detroit waitress Aziah ‘Zola’ King, this black comedy tells the occasionally true story of how Zola (Taylour Paige) struck up a friendship with a customer, Stefani (Riley Keough), who seduced her into embraking on a weekend of partying in Florida. What ensues is “a 48-hour journey involving a nameless pimp, an idiot boyfriend, some Tampa gangsters and other unexpected adventures.”
Reviews from the Sundance Festival, where the filmwas unveiled, were mostly positice. Variety described the film as “a true story so extravagant it feels like it must have been made up. It’s a mini volcano of sex and violence and danger and deception. It’s a close-to-the-bone portrait of women who work in the sex industry. It’s a youthquake as real as American Honey. It’s a piece of pure filmmaking bravura.”
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