What was the Twitter thread Zola is based on?
AN incredible story of murder and sex workers that was told in a Twitter thread has been brought to life. Zola is a new movie that tells the tale of one horrifying road trip that took place over a weekend. Zola is based on real life events that happened in Florida. The film focuses on what happened to a waitress and dancer called AZiah "Zola" King over one fateful weekend. In October 2015, she posted 148 tweets detailing her story of the trip she took with a stripper named Jessica, whom she met just hours before. The story contained details of prostitution, murder and an attempted suicide. The thread tells the story of one weekend that includes murder, a suicide attempt, a pimp, abuse, gangsters and even more unexpected adventures. It's kind of long but full of suspense." The tweet thread almost immediately went viral and caught the eye of notable celebrities such as Missy Elliot and Solange Knowles. If you're curious as to what was actually written by Zola in the tweets, you can view them right here. The film is a comedy and a drama, and is based on the Zola tweet thread. The movie is from Sony Studios and A24 and directed by Janicza Bravo . The film looks to explore the taboo subject of sex work. The movie is told through the eyes of Zola as she tweets what happened to her that fateful weekend. Zola originally aired at the Sundance Film festival on January 24, 2020. It was greeted with critical acclaim, and was then picked up by Sony for international rights. The film is out TODAY - June 30, 2021 - in the US and August 6, 2021, in the UK. On March 30, 2021, A24 released the first theatrical trailer for the movie, which was first announced to be in the works since February of 2016, when James Franco was announced as director, before ultimately being replaced for accusations of sexual misconduct.