Screening

About Zola

Rating:

R R

Year Released:

2021

Format:

2K DCP

Closed captioning:

Closed captioned

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Metadata:

Directed by Janicza Bravo

From acclaimed writer/director Janicza Bravo, A’Ziah King’s, or 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 (newcomer 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. Contains explicit sexual content and a depiction of attempted suicide.