In 2010, Lena Dunham inspired a generation of college graduates trying to figure out what to do with their lives with her film Tiny Furniture. Now, she?s hoping a new film will inspire another generation, the generation of baby boomers, to remember their value in the world and start creating again. The kicker? The film, My Art, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival Sunday, is by her mother, artist Laurie Simmons. Tiny Furniture and My Art are full of parallels, not just in the storytelling of a woman trying to find her place in the world, but also in the filmmaking. Both are family affairs. Simmons starred in Dunham?s Tiny Furniture as the mother, Siri. Dunham?s sister Grace, who also starred in Tiny Furniture, makes a cameo at the end of My Art.Tiny Furniture was shot in the family loft at the time. My Art was shot in the family?s country house.
