The Runaways actor and model Riley Keough also stars in Zola as Stefani, modeled after Jessica from Wells’ Twitter narrative. Taylour Paige, who stars as “Dussie Mae” in the Oscar-nominated film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, is Zola. The cast of Zola includes a host of familiar faces and ones-to-watch.
It’s been several years since Wells held our attention via Twitter, so here’s a primer on everything else you should know before viewing Zola in cinematic form. Now, the wait to view Zola will soon be over, as it's officially set for release on June 30. The full-length film then had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020. She can write!”įans of Wells’ intense Twitter story got excited five years after when the first teaser trailer for director/co-writer Janicza Bravo’s movie based on Zola and Jessica’s wild adventure surfaced on the same social media platform that made Wells a micro-literature star. She even gained the praise of Selma director Ava DuVernay, who said in response to the addictive 148-tweet thread, “Drama, humor, action, suspense, character development. The enchanting story, complete with murder and heaps of suspense, went viral, and Wells became a celebrity seemingly overnight. Aziah “Zola” Wells captivated the world in 2015 with her Twitter tale centered around a surreal road trip to Florida with a mysterious exotic dancer named Jessica.
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