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Zola

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.
(R, 90 min.)

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Friday, July 16, 2021

10:15 PM

Saturday, July 17, 2021

10:30 PM

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 (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. [A24]

Starring: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo
Director: Janicza Bravo
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama

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"A Gonzo Road-Trip Movie For the Internet Age."

— Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm

"[I]t's the core duo that makes all the absurdity real, and absurdly fun."

— Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post

"In marrying the language of social media with cinema, Zola is a blinding success."

— Robert Daniels, 812filmreviews

"Zola sparkles because of the brilliant performances and the sheer insanity of it all."

— Aramide Tinubu, Showbiz Cheat Sheet

"Zola hits all the right notes, and acts as a perfect representation of today’s social media culture."

— Adriana Gomez-Weston, The Cinema Soloist

"With this film, slated for theatrical release this summer, [director Janizca] Bravo cements her reputation as a filmmaker to watch."

— Tre'vell Anderson, Xtra Magazine

"For all the movie's digital pings and palm-tree lunacy, there's real humor and humanity threaded through the script, and a point of view that feels far outside that kind of nihilist boys club."

— Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

"Director Janicza Bravo’s zany road trip comedy about a pair of strippers on a rambunctious 48-hour Florida adventure embodies its ludicrous source while jazzing it up with relentless cinematic beats."

— Eric Kohn, IndieWire

"Though premised on the slight pretenses of Twitter, the world of Bravo’s film is no fictionalized, seedily appealing underbelly. It’s simply America: often frightful, sometimes grimly amusing, and ever rattling along in its entropy."

— Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair

"[Zola is] a hysterical and thrilling story of a road trip to Florida. [Director Janicza] Bravo grounds her story in a vision of Florida that feels genuinely dangerous and strange in ways that only Florida can, and pulls great performances from her cast, who are all-in on this crazy vision"

— Brian Tallerico, rogerebert.com