"Ya'll want to hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????? It's kind of long but full of suspense."



And so <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5439812/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Zola </a>begins. Based on an epic, viral 2015 Twitter thread written by A'Ziah King and dubbed by fans as #TheStory, Zola is INTENSE. We talk through the movie's representation of sex work, its multiple tonal registers, the stellar performances, and this new era (?) of social media-sourced movie making.

"Ya'll want to hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????? It's kind of long but full of suspense." And so Zola begins. Based on an epic, viral 2015 Twitter thread written by A'Ziah King and dubbed by fans as #TheStory, Zola is INTENSE. We talk through the movie's representation of sex work, its multiple tonal registers, the stellar performances, and this new era (?) of social media-sourced movie making.

"Ya'll want to hear a story about why me &amp; this bitch here fell out???????? It's kind of long but full of suspense."



And so&nbsp;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5439812/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zola&nbsp;</a>begins. Based on an epic, viral 2015 Twitter thread written by A'Ziah King and dubbed by fans as #TheStory,&nbsp;Zola&nbsp;is INTENSE. We talk through the movie's representation of sex work, its multiple tonal registers, the stellar performances, and this new era (?) of social media-sourced movie making.

Episode 55 – Zola (2021)

Joe Hall and Cheryl Quimba watch movies then say things about those movies. They have strong feelings about Todd Haynes, Korean horror, class warfare, and how not to make a twenty-first century rom com. They're basically Siskel and Ebert, but with nothing to lose.

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Episode 55 – Zola (2021)

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