Judy Blume Forever

Judy Blume Forever (2023)

The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship.

Date of release
2023-01-21
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Leah Wolchok, Davina Pardo

Casting

Interesting facts

Judy Blume Forever is a 2023 American documentary film centered on author Judy Blume, directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok. It premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on Prime Video on April 21, 2023. The film won a 2023 Peabody Award for "lovingly sketching a feminist coming-of-age tale of this esteemed author and her readers alike, and for wrapping it up in a rallying cry in support of the power of reading."

Production

While on a road trip with her husband and kids, Davina Pardo listened to an audiobook version of Judy Blume's young adult novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and became curious about Blume's life. When directors Pardo and Leah Wolchok approached Blume in June 2018 about being the subject of a documentary, she was initially hesitant. In February 2020, she agreed, but filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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