Riley Keough and Taylour Paige star in Zola Bravo’s ‘Zola’ is original, fresh and sure to inspire imitation GREGG SHAPIRO | Screen Savorgreggshapiro@aol.com Every few years, a movie comes along that completely flips the script, so to speak.
Sean Baker’s 2015 masterpiece Tangerine, shot on an iPhone, is one example. Janicza Bravo’s Zola (A24) is another. Based on the tweets of Aziah “Zola” King and the article Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted by David Kushner, Zola is original, immediate, fresh, futuristic and certain to inspire countless imitations.
Beginning with what may be the greatest opening lines ever — “You wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch fell out? It’s kind of long, but