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Sasha 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.
When the Independent Spirit Awards released their list of nominees in December, only co-screenwriters Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris were nominated.King, who is credited as one of the film’s executive producers alongside Kushner, further clarified her comments on her Instagram later Sunday, writing, “Let’s be clear.
My beef is with A24 and A24 only. They are full of shit.
Not my peers, not the award shows, not the writers, not the director. Not the actors.”Harris voiced his support for King, writing that A24 has “disrespected the black
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Zola, has criticised the production company after being excluded from the film’s awards recognition.King, who is credited as an executive producer on the film, called out the film studio in a series of tweets on Sunday (January 30).In the post where she retweeted Film Independent, the organisation behind the Independent Spirit film awards, King wrote: “I think it’s hilarious ZOLA is up for 7 awards & 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? The most of any film this year & any film @A24 has EVER made btw. A ki.”I think it’s hilarious ZOLA is up for 7 awards & 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?The most of any film this year & any film @A24 has EVER made btw.
A’Ziah King, the woman who wrote the 2014 twitter thread that inspired Zola, is calling out A24.