Actor Taylour Paige of “Zola,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 in Park City, Utah.
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“This is the first movie I’ve seen that was inspired not by a book or a play, but by a Twitter thread — a highly addictive narrative composed in 148 tweets by a Detroit-based Hooters waitress and exotic dancer named A’Ziah “Zola” King.”
— Justin Chang/Film Critic
Actors Colman Domingo and Riley Keough, director/co-writer Janicza Bravo, actor Nicholas Braun, subject A’Ziah King, actor Taylour Paige and co-writer Jeremy O. Harris of “Zola,” in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Actor Taylour Paige of “Zola,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Actor Colman Domingo of “Zola,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Nicholas Braun, left, and Colman Domingo in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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A Twitter thread by A’Ziah King, photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival, inspired “Zola.”
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Actor Nicholas Braun of “Zola,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Actor Riley Keough of “Zola,” photographed in the L.A. Times Studio at the Sundance Film Festival.
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