With a feature film debut like this, director Emma Seligman certainly has a promising career ahead of her.Â
âShiva Baby,â which opens at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center this Friday, is quite the ride. It follows a young woman named Danielle in the waning days of her college career. Sheâs getting ready to graduate, and when she attends a Jewish funeral service with her family, itâs all anyone will ask her about. Well, that and if she has a boyfriend.
Itâs that second question that makes âShiva Babyâ such an uncomfortable and unforgettable film to watch, because though Danielle tells her family she isnât seeing anyone, she leaves out the fact that she has a sugar daddy named Max back at her university. To make matters worse, Max shows up at this funeral service as a friend to another family, and he brings his wife and baby with him. Additionally, Danielleâs ex-girlfriend is at this funeral, taking the awkwardness of the whole situation to another level.