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"Zola" has to be seen to be believed.
Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 9:00PM Murtada Elfadl reporting from Sundance
Maybe it was the 10th time director Janicza Bravo used a freeze frame to reframe the wild weekend tale she’s telling in Zola, when I knew I loved her movie. The freeze frames until then were used to stop the narrative for a pithy or funny observation by our narrator Zola (Taylour Paige), twitter reply style. But this time we were getting a whole new perspective from another character. It was delectable, hilarious and ghastly. I’d say the same for Zola.
You all remember the infamous 2015 Twitter thread that started with the classic opening lines:
Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense?”
Well they went and made a movie out of it...