And this spring, Lionsgate will release an adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie. Last November, Netflix bought a series version of Forever from Mara Brock Akil.
The documentary, which premiered at Sundance and will stream on Prime Video on April 21, is part of a kind of revival campaign for Blume. Release date: Friday, April 21 (Prime Video) Her first husband, the film says, only tolerated her writing habit so long as it didn’t interfere with her raising their kids, and he never read any of her books.Venue: Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) The documentary follows Blume’s remarkable journey from 1950s housewife and mother to becoming one of the bestselling novelists of all time. … What’s been so powerful for me in seeing how connected people are to Judy is how much her books have helped them.” A book can help a child, a book can save a child. Said Pardo: “I keep thinking about this line says in the film - it’s an archival clip where she’s fighting back against the sensors and she says, ‘A book cannot harm a child.’ But we know the opposite is true. RELATED: Judy Blume Says Book Banning In US “Worse Than 1980s – It’s Become Political”
“Judy today is almost more relevant than … Her books are banned today as much as they were in the ‘80s,” said Bernstein, president of Imagine Documentaries, the unit of Imagine Entertainment that produced the film. “It’s really important, obviously, that young people and all people are given a chance to decide what they want to read.” During an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, Wolchok, fellow director-producer Davina Pardo and producer Sara Bernstein discussed the controversy that has attended Blume’s work for more than 50 years. While young readers flocked, some adults swooped – demanding Blume’s books be yanked from shelves. RELATED: Contenders Docs + Unscripted Deadline’s Complete Coverage
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