Watch interviews ABOUT LOLLIPOP TO LISTEN TO ALL the love the film was created with
Whether its working in a trauma-informed way, creating with lived experience advisors or rooting the film in purpose, LOLLIPOP was made with integrity and care.
SOMETHING MAGIC HAPPENS WHEN WE FINALLY FEEL SEEN ON SCREEN.
Written and Directed by Daisy-May Hudson
Produced: Olivier Kaempfer & Cecilia Frugiuele of Parkville Pictures.
Exec Produced: Eva Yates & Kristen Irving.
Made with the love and support of BFI and BBC Films.
International Sales: Architect
Cinematography by Jaime Ackroyd
Edited by Lee McKarkiel
Production Designed by Dale Slater Oliver
Starring Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed and TerriAnn Cousins with Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads & Luke Howitt
Molly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realise their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands.
A Note from the Writer/Director: A film created with and about the power of sisterhood and our capacity for joy even in the hardest times. The film was a powerful process of alchemy with much of the cast coming from the lived experience the film depicts and for Daisy-May was as much about the process of creation as it was about the final film. Through the act of telling our stories, we weaved the energies together of sacred intention alchemising our shared feminine wounds and the wounds of our ancestors into love, joy, community and compassion.
This is the first ever fiction trauma-informed production. The production was supported by Trauma-Consultant Maria Takaendisa.
BAFTA Nominated Casting Director Lucy Pardee says ““I was drawn to working with Daisy-May because she is led by the heart and tells difficult stories with empathy and love. ‘Lollipop’ was a joy to cast. We brought together experienced actors and first timers, many of whom have lived experience of the stories we were telling. Nowhere was the collaboration more joyful than with Posy and Idil. Posy, an experienced actor long overdue the break she deserves, and Idil, a complete first timer, brave enough to step into the opportunity and make it her own.”
All Female Ensemble Cast:
Aliyah Abdi, Aliyah Ali, Kasha Bajor, Chloe Driver, Tamar Mujanay, Andrea Lowe
Johanna Allitt, Sandra Kweik, Lady Unchained, Oriana White, Alannah Southerton
Safina Khan, Mandy Ogunmokun, Melanie Wilder, Sherma Polidore Perrins, Ruchiya Arin