FILM CLUB: Zola

GIRRRL!: Black Sisterhood on Screen: a season filled with friendship, laughter, tears, and everything else that encapsulates friendship between black women. Presented in partnership with Dark Matter.

Zola (Taylour Page), a Detroit waitress, finds herself flung into a friendship with the chaotic Stefani (Riley Keough), a stripper en route to Florida for a 'hoe trip'. Zola’s seduced into joining her to make some quick cash – but their journey soon becomes a sleepless 48-hour odyssey involving a lot more than she bargained for.

In 2015, Zola, or @zolarmoon, tweeted “wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out???????? It's kind of long but full of suspense.” Thus begins a Twitter thread that would go down in history, and from it comes Zola, an acidic, hypnotic thrill ride from director Janicza Bravo, writer Jeremy O. Harris, and the woman herself (depicted in a star-making performance by Page). 

FILM CLUB films are £1 for members and £8 General Admission. More info here.