Review

Idil Ahmed (left) and Posy Sterling in Lollipop

This extraordinary feature is a moving broadside against the Family Court system
Lollipop, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Four stars Part howl of rage, part redemption song, Daisy-May Hudson’s extraordinary feature debut is a vibrant and moving broadside against a sluggish and under-resourced social care and Family Court system, and follows on from her 2015 documentary about homelessness, Half Way. The homeless family in that film was her own, kicked out of the rented accommodation they had lived in for 13 years. Hudson filmed her mother and 13-year-old sister over the course of a year as they adjusted to life in a hostel, and won a BAFTA in 2016 for her efforts.

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