But the bigger criticism was that so many series and films are packaging Black trauma as horror or aesthetic. The film, an adaptation of Seligman’s short film of the same name, centers around a college student who navigates interactions with family, as well as current and former lovers, at a shiva. Shiva Baby is like a horror film for the socially anxious, and its instrumental score and close-up camera angles put you right in Danielle’s head. The post doesn’t really indicate where Morris and Wortham land on it or what parts they felt the movie got right and wrong; the point of the post is that it’s a tease to the podcast episode, which is available to stream on the New York Times’ website and on podcasting platforms.