“Stressful comedy is my sweet spot,” says Janicza Bravo, the acclaimed director of multiple shorts and the Sundance-feted dramedy Lemon. Her newest film, Zola, is a case in point: based on a viral, 148-tweet thread, it details the true story of an impulsive road trip from Detroit to Florida taken by a Hooters waitress, an exotic dancer, her boyfriend and her pimp – a journey that veers spectacularly sideways. Zola masterfully captures the scrappy energy of Twitter
