Listen: 'Zola' Turned A Viral Twitter Thread Into A Movie--But Hollywood Almost Cut Out The Black Woman Who Wrote It

You can listen by clicking on any of the links below.Listen to the iHeartRadio appApple Podcasts - Listen NowSpotify: Listen NowGoogle Podcasts - Listen NowYou can also find BuzzFeed Daily anywhere else you may listen to your favorite podcasts.Today's episode:1. Zola is a big motion picture. The movie tells the story of a Detroit waitress who is seduced by a Florida stripper. It also depicts a wild adventure with her friend, her pimp and her boyfriend.This story is not about the plot. It's more about how it began from a viral Twitter thread in 2015.A'ziah Zola King created one of the first viral Twitter threads by unleashing a 148-tweet storm on the world. The woman at the heart of this epic story was almost forgotten by Hollywood. Janicza Bravo was the film director and knew Zola had to tell this story. After all, it was her story to tell.