Zola Movie (2021)

Zola Movie

BSWC Blog | Cultural Archive

Created by: Janicza Bravo & Aziah King

Starring: Taylour Paige & Riley Keough

Date of Release: June 30th, 2021

How to Access: YouTube Movies, Amazon Prime Video

Context: It was the Twitter story that lives forever in Black Twitter…Black stripper Zola took to Twitter in 2015 to recount her harrowing adventure of travelling with a white stripper named Jess to Florida to dance. Shenanigans ensue. The Twitter story was adapted into this 2021 movie called Zola by Janicza Bravo and produced by A24 Studios.

Submitted by: Zaniya, the BSWC Librarian

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