90 mins |
Rated
R16 (Violence, nudity, sex scenes & offensive language)
Directed by Janicza Bravo
Starring Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, Taylour Paige, Nicholas Braun, Ari'el Stachel
Playing as part of IN THE SHADE Film Festival Jan 20 - Feb 01.
USA • In English
Based on an infamous 2015 tweetstorm, this exhilarating girl gaze stripper saga stars Taylour Paige (MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM), Riley Keough (AMERICAN HONEY) and Nicholas Braun (SUCCESSION). Sundance 2020.
In a string of 148 tweets, A'Ziah "Zola" King detailed her falling out with sex worker Jessica during a two-day bender which started in Detroit and ended in Florida's seedy underbelly. Janicza Bravo stays faithful to the source material, and the result is a high-energy ride where a neat 90-minutes feel like a sweet 140 characters or less. Punctuating the calamitous affair is a Nigerian pimp, a bumbling boyfriend and gangsters packing heat but with no game. The ethereal score by Mica Levi (UNDER THE SKIN; MONOS), the seductive fluorescent dreamscape of Aussie cinematographer Ari Wegner (LADY MACBETH) and wardrobe to rival Cardi B's turns the drama up to eleven. - SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
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Playing as part of IN THE SHADE Film Festival Jan 20 - Feb 01.
USA • In English
Based on an infamous 2015 tweetstorm, this exhilarating girl gaze stripper saga stars Taylour Paige (MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM), Riley Keough (AMERICAN HONEY) and Nicholas Braun (SUCCESSION). Sundance 2020.
In a string of 148 tweets, A'Ziah "Zola" King detailed her falling out with sex worker Jessica during a two-day bender which started in Detroit and ended in Florida's seedy underbelly. Janicza Bravo stays faithful to the source material, and the result is a high-energy ride where a neat 90-minutes feel like a sweet 140 characters or less. Punctuating the calamitous affair is a Nigerian pimp, a bumbling boyfriend and gangsters packing heat but with no game. The ethereal score by Mica Levi (UNDER THE SKIN; MONOS), the seductive fluorescent dreamscape of Aussie cinematographer Ari Wegner (LADY MACBETH) and wardrobe to rival Cardi B's turns the drama up to eleven. - SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL