A trending story from 2015 is one of the hottest titles at this year’s festival.
“I don’t do Twitter,” Janicza Bravo says.
“It just scares me.”
Credit: Anna Kooris/Sundance Institute
It’s kind of long but full of suspense."
It’s full of danger, twists, “hoeism,” and, indeed, suspense.
“I fell in love with it.”
Before the journey is done, Zola has witnessed sex trafficking, murder, and a suicide attempt.
“Oh, it’ssofed,” Bravo admits of the history.
“It’s a curious way to talk about sex work,” she says.
“I think that’s what excited me.
And that is a gift,” Bravo says.
“She wrote from a place of an inner voice.
So, too, did she want to honor the platform where the story originated.
“It’s a funny thing for me, because I don’t do Twitter,” she admits.
There’s a romance about it, for sure.”
“And I felt that.
I was like, ‘I believe that we are.'”
Zolawill premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 24 and be released by A24 later this year.
