
Inspired by his real life, Harrison Browne’s self-assured directorial debut follows an ex-pro hockey player who time travels back to his pre-transitioned self, when he was waiting for life to begin — only to realize that he has always been the person he was waiting to become.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
Miles Morales learns to be his own hero as he takes on the well loved mantle of Spider-Man in a multiverse of Spider-People.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.