Zola

20202020
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1h 26min

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

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Comedy Crime Drama

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Director
- Janicza Bravo
Writers
- Janicza Bravo
- Jeremy O. Harris
- A'Ziah King(based on the tweets by)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Official Trailer

Zola

Zola

How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie

How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie

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'Zola' Turns Dancer's Real-Life Tweet-Storm Into Sundance's Buzziest Title

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

Janicza Bravo, Riley Keough, and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

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Janicza Bravo, Riley Keough, and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

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Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige in Zola (2020)

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Janicza Bravo at an event for Zola (2020)

Riley Keough at an event for Zola (2020)

How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie

How 'Zola' Turns a Tweetstorm Into an Indie Movie

Cast members Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, and Colman Domingo join director Janicza Bravo and the real Zola, A'Ziah King, to discuss their complicated characters and how the movie came to be.

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A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

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Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong sexual content and language throughout, graphic nudity, and violence including a sexual assault.
Parents guide

Trivia
Based on a true story told in a popular twitter thread containing 148 tweets written by Detroit waitress A'Ziah "Zola" King in October 2015. The story quickly went viral, garnering the recognition of people such as Missy Elliott, Solange and Ava DuVernay. About a month later, Rolling Stone magazine published an article interviewing people involved in the story.

Quotes
[first lines]
Zola: You wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch here fell out? It's kinda long, but it's full of suspense.

Connections
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Top review

4/10

I just don't

While the real story may has its go, the film wasn't interesting to me. It has a talented cast, excellent photography and some funny quotes. But I didn't enter in the game of the story, I never found it entertaining enough nor good enough. It's a well dressed misfire.

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lareval
Sep 7, 2021

Release date
- June 30, 2021 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- 101films
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Зола
Filming locations
- Ranch House Grill - South Tampa, Florida, USA
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $4,844,399
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,200,013
- Jul 4, 2021
Gross worldwide
- $4,913,306

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Runtime
- 1h 26min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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