Five Inspirations is a series in which we ask directors to share five things that shaped and informed their film. Emma Seligman's Shiva Baby is exclusively showing on Mubi in some countries starting June 11, 2021 in the Debuts series.Inspiration #1Memories of family eventsI grew up in a large extended family that I saw every month, sometimes every week at weddings, shivas, bar or bat mitzvahs, bris’, Jewish holidays, summer cottage weekends, etc. My sister and I (along with our cousin Jackie) were the youngest of our generation by far, so most of my social life growing up was populated with middle-aged Jews. When I got to university, I suddenly realized I had no Jewish community and struggled to find it in other spaces. As I’ve gotten older, my family has become so big that it’s hard to host everyone together and it’s splintered off a bit.
- 6/10/2021
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