Interview: Janicza Bravo - Zola

Interview with Janicza Bravo for Zola - presented at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.

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Timestamps
00:15 - Comparatively I felt that LEMON and ZOLA are night and day - do you think
01:40 - What was your perception of the real A’Ziah King (zolarmoon) during her twitterstorm and what did your research tell you about her?
03:27 - I saw the character of Zola of being in control of her own destiny regardless of who might momentarily be in power....
05:28 - You employ narration to give pause, narrate, to sow discord with what we will eventually see on the screen and who steers the ship — trust and mistrust. Why was it important for you to give voice to Riley Keough's character with the "Reddit" sequence?
10:09 - You plaster the film with visuals from Twitter and you employ the sounds - which causes a certain sense of anxiety - what was your reasoning behind this aesthetic choice?
13:30 - What kind of direction did you give Taylour Paige for sequences where there is no dialogue?
17:50 - You're about to embark on directing episode for Mrs. America - how was it to work in a story set in a different era?

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Film Credits:
Producers: Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Gia Walsh, Kara Baker, Vince Jolivette, Elizabeth Haggard, Dave Franco.
Executive producers: A'Ziah-Monae “Zola” King, Jennifer Konawal, David Kushner.
Co-producer: Allison Rose Carter.
Director: Janicza Bravo.
Screenplay: Janicza Bravo. , Jeremy O. Harris.
Camera: Ari Wegner.
Editor: Joi McMillon.
Music: Mica Levi.
Cast: Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nelcie Souffrant, Nasir Rahim, Amelia Rose Monteagudo, Ari’el Stachel, Colman Domingo, Nick Braun, Jason Mitchell, TS Madison, Tommy Foxhill.

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