Zola (film)
2021 American comedy film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zola is a 2020 American black comedy crime film directed by Janicza Bravo and co-written by Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris. It is based on a viral Twitter thread from 2015 by Aziah "Zola" King and the resulting Rolling Stone article "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted" by David Kushner. Starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, and Colman Domingo, the film follows a part-time stripper who is convinced by her new friend to go on a roadtrip to Tampa, Florida to earn money dancing, only to get in over her head.
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Directed by | Janicza Bravo |
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Cinematography | Ari Wegner |
Edited by | Joi McMillon |
Music by | Mica Levi |
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Distributed by | A24 |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[2] |
Box office | $5.2 million[3][4][5] |
Zola premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It was theatrically released in the United States on June 30, 2021, following a year's delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] It received positive reviews from critics and earned a leading seven nominations at the 37th Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay with two wins for Best Female Lead for Paige and Best Editing for Joi McMillon.