Lollipop: Women Have Alchemy and Agency in This Council Estate Drama that’s the Antithesis of Poverty Porn

Lollipop: women have alchemy and agency in this council estate drama that’s the antithesis of poverty porn

Ten years ago I was at a preview screening at the British Film Institute (BFI) of short films shot and set in London. My smartphone-filmed short, 160 Characters, was part of the programme and told the story of me raising my son Jim alone. I was excited to have my film included, but by the end of the night I was a little less euphoric. I was one of only a handful of women directors screening work that night and almost every film in the programme …

Lollipop review – a gut-punching debut

Daisy-May Hudson’s impressive fiction debut lays bare the bureaucratic cycles a young woman has to face as she attempts to regain custody of her children. The past couple of years have seen an influx of women filmmakers bringing timely, working-class stories to the big screen with lived reverence and fresh talent, from Rocks to Scrapper to Bird. The latest addition to this new social realist niche is Lollipop, a gut-punching debut from writer-di…

New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the 'inhumane' way mothers are cut off from their children

Lollipop tells the story of a young single mother who leaves prison expecting to be reunited with her kids, but released into homelessness.