2021-07-03
23 分钟This is In Conversation from Apple News Today.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
Every weekend, we talk with the journalists behind the best stories on Apple News.
Plus, today on In Conversation, we're talking with Allison P.
Davis.
She's a features writer at New York Magazine.
Davis recently profiled Zola.
Now, you might remember Zola from her very viral Twitter thread.
Back in 2015, in a series of 148 tweets, she detailed a mostly true story about a trip down to Florida for an exotic dancing gig gone awry.
Six years later, that viral thread has been made into a film directed by Janicza Bravo, simply titled Zola.
It's out this week in theaters, but Davis writes about how it was a long six years for Zola's story to make it to the big screen.
Along the way, lots of different interests try to take the story away from her.
But with this film, Zola's voice is front and center.
Davis explains how the movie captures her essence.
You're very much in Zola's head.
You're processing with her and you're processing the trauma with her.
You understand her defenses, which are humor and lightness and a little bit of side eye.
And, you know, it's really quite a coup for the movie to put you in that psychological mindset as well as an audience member so that you understand that, like, yes, you're laughing, but, like, danger really is just outside the hotel room door.
Davis article in New York magazine is called the Real Zola.
You can read and listen to it on Apple News with an Apple News plus subscription.