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1. • • For her part, A'Ziah King — the real Zola — is happy to accept the credit she deserves; King is listed as an executive producer of Zola, and her name is on the film's opening credits.
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   Is Zola based on a true story?

   • Zola is based on a viral tweetstorm from 2015 by A’Ziah “Zola” King. “Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out????????” King began her tale in 2015, over a picture of herself posing next to a young white woman in lingerie. “It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” Back then, Twitter didn’t have threads yet.

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   Is Zola a book based on King's story?

   • King’s story was everywhere — and Hollywood smelled a hit. Now, with Zola in theaters, A24 has released the original tweetstorm in book form. It’s titled simply The Story, and it’s a lovely cloth-bound edition, very literary-looking, with every page given metallic purple edging.

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   Is 'Zola' a new movie?

   • So begins the wild tale behind the new movie “Zola.” But that was also the start of the massively viral Twitter thread that inspired the highly anticipated flick, out in theaters now.

   Here's the 'Zola' Twitter thread that told the movie's true story

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   Why is Zola's 'the story' so popular?

   • It became known as #TheStory and captivated social media users around the world (no mean feat when Twitter threads hadn’t been introduced yet, meaning readers would have to piece the story together themselves), earning praise from celebrities like Solange Knowles and Missy Elliot, who likened reading Zola’s tale to “watching a movie on Twitter.”

   Zola: The wild Twitter tale behind summer’s most buzzed-about film

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   Is Zola based on a Rolling Stone article?

   • So while King has a producer credit on the film, Zola is technically based on that Rolling Stone article — a move at which King takes issue. “I would see certain interviews or I would hear shit on the radio, and it’d be like, ‘The movie Zola, based off of an article written by David Kushner,’” she told New York magazine in June.

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   How has Zola's life changed since 2015?

   • Though her life has changed considerably since 2015, when she first tweeted out her thread, Zola knows there are only bigger things to come. Ahead of the film’s release on June 30, Zola spoke with TIME about how she uses Twitter now, her writing, and why she’s working to break stereotypes around sex work.

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   Jun 25, 2021 · The new movie 'Zola' is based on a viral 2015 tweet thread King wrote about a road trip gone wrong. Here, King talks to TIME about maintaining ownership of her story and what she'll do next.

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4. nypost.com › 2021/03/31 › heres-the-zola-twitterHere’s the original ‘Zola’ Twitter thread that told the movie ...

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   Mar 31, 2021 · The full “hoeism” thread from 2015 went viral detailing the Odyssean saga of A’Ziah-Monae “Zola” King, a Detroit waitress and dancer who embarked on a mind-boggling road trip to Florida with...

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   Jul 6, 2021 · Zola is based on a viral tweetstorm from 2015 by A’Ziah “Zola” King. “Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out????????” King began her tale in 2015, over a picture...

7. www.vulture.com › article › aziah-zola-king-profileThe Real Zola Is Ready to Make Her Story Her Own Again - Vulture

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   Jun 9, 2021 · Five years after she lit up Twitter with her tale of a strip-club road trip gone awry, A’ziah “Zola” King’s story has become a critically acclaimed movie. Now she’s ready to make it her ...

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   On October 27 2015, A’Ziah ‘Zola’ King tweeted four photos of herself with her (as we’d soon learn) former friend Jessica, along with the intriguing opening lines: “Y’all wanna hear a ...

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   Sep 5, 2024 · A'Ziah King, a Detroit native and former Hooters waitress, became known as "Zola" to her growing online audience. Her story involved a spontaneous road trip with a new acquaintance named Jessica. The trip's purpose was ostensibly to make money dancing at Florida strip clubs.

10. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2021The Real-Life Stripper Story Behind Zola - Vanity Fair

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    Jun 30, 2021 · A’Ziah “Zola” King separates fact from fiction about “Zola,” the movie inspired by her 2015 Twitter thread about an adventure involving sex work, guns, and violence.