‘Zola’ Originator A’Ziah King Calls Out A24 for Being Excluded From Awards Recognition
variety.comSasha Urban editorA’Ziah “Zola” King, who wrote the infamous 2015 Twitter thread that inspired A24’s 2020 film “Zola,” is now speaking out against the production company over being excluded from the film’s awards nominations.On Sunday, King retweeted a post by Film Independent, the organization behind the Independent Spirit film awards, writing, “I think it’s hilarious ‘Zola’ is up for 7 awards and no one thought to invite me nor include me IN the writers award category.
As if there would’ve been a film or a script to write if I didn’t um… write it?”She continued: “I think its HILARIOUS everyone else is on my Television promoting & speaking on my experience as if it’s their moment and not a moment I created for us all.
I think it’s hilarious my intellect, trauma and talent is being overshadowed and hijacked.” “Zola” is based on a mostly true story by King that she wrote as a viral 148-tweet thread about her experience following a fellow stripper to Florida and the unbelievable events that followed.
King’s tweets, along with a Rolling Stone article by David Kushner that clarified some of the details in the thread, are both credited as the source material for the adaption’s screenplay.
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