Movie Meetup — Lollipop — Meet from 7:15, film at 8:30

We're going to see Daisy-May Hudson's powerful debut feature, Lollipop.

We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 7:15 pm, to say hello and chat. After the film, we will stop for a while to share thoughts and reactions.

This is the 8:30 screening on Thursday 3rd July. Buy your own ticket from the box office or online.

ABOUT THE FILM

"When young mum Molly (Posy Sterling) is released from prison after serving four months, she assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can pick up her children from foster care."
— Watershed summary

"Daisy-May Hudson is the British film-maker who in 2015 made a fiercely personal documentary about homelessness: Half Way told the story of how she, her mum and her 13-year-old sister lost their home and then found themselves in the bureaucratic nightmare of hostels and halfway houses"
— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

"The film is clear-sighted about the exigencies of the care system on both Molly and the individuals working within it. There are no villains here, no caricatures. Nor are there any galvanising, life-changing speeches. These women – and they are all women, right down to the judge who presides over the final custody hearing – are, in their own words, “just doing their jobs”, “looking out for the children’s best interests”. If these characters speak in clichés, it’s because that is how people speak. Likewise, Amina’s hackneyed attempts at reassuring Molly – telling her that women are tough, that sometimes your best is all you can do – have the hollow ring of a ‘Live Laugh Love’ poster, but what else is there to say, in the face of such well-intentioned but soul-destroying bureaucracy?"
— Catherine Wheatley, BFI Sight & Sound