Director of film based on viral Twitter thread hopes to open doors to others

Director Janicza Bravo, actor Riley Keough and actor Taylour Paige on the set of Zola (Anna Kooris/A24 Films)

The director of a film drawn from a viral Twitter thread hopes to show a different way to those who feel they can’t get their voices heard.

Janicza Bravo’s Zola is about an exotic dancer on a wild road trip to Florida. It is based on a string of 148 tweets written in 2015 by A’Ziah King, also known as Zola, which were re-tweeted by stars including Ava DuVernay, Solange Knowles and Missy Elliott.