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Zola (2021)
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
4.5 / 5
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July 24, 2021
4.5 / 5
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'Zola' is a Modern Black Fairytale
Zola as an experience was very consecutive for me. I saw both the trailer and poster two days before it released, and being anxious to throw myself into a theater, I was more than on board.
I sat down for the hour and a half, came home, and at first gave a resounding:
As days went on, the film continued to flash past my mind, each time leaving me with a different piece of a larger viewpoint. It took me a few days to fully sit with the many intersections being touched both on and off-screen and the many things that are said in this short runtime. Now, being on the other side of this deliberation, I not only find the movie to be a super fun time, but also a glimpse to the possible future of modern black parables.
When I say modern black parables, I’m referring to the recent uproar of films that aim to teach about the black experience: Loving, Queen and Slim, and If Beale Street Could Talk, to name a few. What makes these different from the current black horror craze is that although they both want to address struggles of blackhood, the modern black parable is shooting for a more stripped-down, realistic story. Most black people wouldn’t agree that they’ve been kidnapped to cosplay as a slave ala Antebellum, but they have experienced racial tensions similar to what we saw in The Hate You Give
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Movie Information
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
Rating:
Genre:Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed By:Janicza Bravo
Written By:Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris
In Theaters:6/30/2021
Box Office:$3,500,000
Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Killer Films, Ramona Films, Gigi Films
Cast
Janicza Bravo
Director
Janicza Bravo
Director
Taylour Paige
Zola
Riley Keough
Stefani
Colman Domingo
X
Nicholas Braun
Derrek
Ari'el Stachel
Sean
Nelcie Souffrant
Gail
Nasir Rahim
Jonathan
Jason Mitchell
Dion
Ts Madison
Hollywood
Latasha Glenn
Dancer
Kalesha Johnson
Dancer
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