ZOLA
Thu
22
Thu 22 Aug 6:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
86 Mins | Spotlight on Ari Wegner
2020 | DCP | US | D: Janicza Bravo
Inspired by real-life, viral tweets from A’Ziah ‘Zola’ King and a subsequent Rolling Stone article, black comedy crime flick Zola follows stripper Zola King (Taylour Paige) on a wild trip to Florida with fellow performer Stefani (Riley Keough). Things get out of hand when a hustle for strip club profits quickly descends into a violent whirlwind of prostitution and extortion.
Nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Zola is a cautionary tale about the hazards of sex work in the digital age, and an exploration of online and offline personas.
‘…a raw and sometimes chilling and often darkly funny adventure’ – Chicago Sun-Times
Available as part of a discounted four-film Spotlight on Ari Wegner Pass along with Stray (Dustin Feneley, 2018), Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd, 2016), and In Fabric (Peter Strickland, 2018). Learn more
Inspired by real-life, viral tweets from A’Ziah ‘Zola’ King and a subsequent Rolling Stone article, black comedy crime flick Zola follows stripper Zola King (Taylour Paige) on a wild trip to Florida with fellow performer Stefani (Riley Keough). Things get out of hand when a hustle for strip club profits quickly descends into a violent whirlwind of prostitution and extortion.
Nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Zola is a cautionary tale about the hazards of sex work in the digital age, and an exploration of online and offline personas.
‘…a raw and sometimes chilling and often darkly funny adventure’ – Chicago Sun-Times
Available as part of a discounted four-film Spotlight on Ari Wegner Pass along with Stray (Dustin Feneley, 2018), Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd, 2016), and In Fabric (Peter Strickland, 2018). Learn more