A’Ziah King Calls Out A24 for Being Excluded From Awards Recognition

A’Ziah “Zola” King, who wrote the 2015 Twitter thread that inspired A24’s 2021 film Zola, is criticizing the production company over being excluded from the awards recognition.
On Sunday, King retweeted a post by Film Independent, theorganization 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.”