Zola
- Release Date: June 30, 2021 (limited)
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Janicza Bravo
- Producer(s): Christine Vachon, Kara Baker, Gia Walsh, Dave Franco, Vince Jolivette, David Hinojosa, Elizabeth Haggard
- Writer(s): Janicza Bravo
- Studio: VVS Films
- Length: 1h 26m | Classification: 13+
- Official Site: a24films.com/films/zola
Synopsis
"Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.”
Thus began the odyssey of one A’Ziah King, aka Zola. From acclaimed writer/director Janicza Bravo, Zola's stranger than fiction saga, which she first told in a now iconic series of viral, uproarious tweets, comes to dazzling cinematic life.
Zola (Taylour Paige), a Detroit waitress, strikes up a new friendship with a customer, Stefani (Riley Keough), who seduces her to join a weekend of dancing and partying in Florida. What at first seems like a glamorous trip full of “hoeism” rapidly transforms into a 48-hour journey involving a nameless pimp, an idiot boyfriend, some Tampa gangsters and other unexpected adventures in this wild, see-it-to-believe-it tale.