Sunday dinner (Trailer)
Role: Writer, Director
The Campaign: M&M’S launched the M&M’S FUNd, an initiative to champion diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity in the entertainment industry. To kick things off, they commissioned research into how young Brits perceive representation in cinema. The results? Over 57% of under-35s felt that outdated stereotypes were still too common and offensive.
As part of the campaign, Twitter users were invited to pitch stereotype-busting film ideas. One tweet stood out:
"An openly LGBTQIA+ person playing the high school jock rather than jocks always being straight or needing to suppress their sexuality. We can catch or kick a ball too!"
The Brief: Create a short narrative trailer based on this concept. A story that flips stereotypes, celebrates identity, and portrays a queer lead with joy and confidence. The tone could be coming-of-age, romantic, comedic or teen drama, with references including Mean Girls, The Breakfast Club, and Sierra Burgess is a Loser.
The result: A two-minute short narrative trailer telling the story of a young woman bringing her girlfriend home to meet her Jamaican family for the first time. Told through a cultural lens, the film explores themes of identity, tradition and generational love. By centring warmth and humour, especially through the lead’s bond with her grandmother, the film challenges both Hollywood stereotypes and cultural assumptions about Caribbean family dynamics. This offers a more nuanced, human portrayal of queer love and Black British life.
Achievements: Sunday Dinner was officially selected for the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, an Academy Award-qualifying festival that celebrates films by women of colour. The project also received national media coverage, with a feature on Channel 5 News where I discussed the campaign, the creative process, and the importance of breaking stereotypes through inclusive storytelling.