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‘Judy Blume Forever’ Directors On The Author’s Legacy, Relevance & Banned Books In America

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Over 50 years after Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was published, the author’s work is back in the spotlight on many fronts There’s a Margaret movie from Kelly Fremon Craig and Lionsgate coming this spring, and small-screen adaptation of 1975’s Forever in the works from a Mara Brock Akil and Netflix.

However, leading the charge is the documentary Judy Blume Forever from Very Semi-Serious directors Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok.

Set to launch on Amazon Prime Video late this year, the 97-minute film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend.

In many ways as much about octogenarian Blume’s legacy and the state of free speech in 2023 America as it is about the writer’s life, the documentary straddles that rare divide of being a labor of love and a rigorous examination. “There’s definitely something going on in the culture right now that makes the books she wrote and the things she went through, especially with book banning, feel extremely relevant,” says Pardo. “It feels like that moment is really repeating itself in disserving ways,” adds the filmmaker of a country where many states are literally taking books like Blume’s off the shelves in schools and libraries.

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