'Judy Blume Forever' looks at the legacy of the pioneering young adult fiction writer at a time when many of the issues she confronted — book banning, abortion, antisemitism — are still shockingly topical.
Sundance: Dakota Johnson Jokes About Armie Hammer Cannibal Allegations While Presenting Award to 'Call Me By Your Name' Director, Pardo and co-director Leah Wolchok’s new film about the 84-year-old young adult fiction pioneer, tracks Blume’s upbringing in a Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the 1940s and ’50s and her ascent as an author in the 1970s who wrote for young people with a rare candor, often talking about taboo topics like menstruation and masturbation and ultimately...
Agreeing to the doc was part of a series of decisions Blume has made recently to open up her life and work to others.
Ever since she published her first book in 1969, Blume has been the one deciding how to frame the story. But with the documentary, she turned over that responsibility to Pardo and Wolchok. “I didn’t have any power,” Blume says of the documentary. “I answered their questions and talked at great length, but I never saw any part until it was close to being finished. I had to understand that this is what was going to happen, and it wasn’t me telling my story.
“Neither one of my parents ever told me that sex was bad,” Blume says, explaining where her own openness comes from despite growing up in a conservative era. “Nobody ever said it was wrong for a girl to enjoy her sexuality. My father made it clear that I would be enjoying my sexuality — just not until, as he used to say, ‘You should really wait until you’re married or you’re 25.
These days, Blume wages her free speech campaign not as a writer but as a bookstore owner trying to support other authors, especially ones whose books have been banned. Watching her own story unfold in a 97-minute movie has put some of her impact in perspective. “It’s an emotional thing,” Blume says, “to see your life go by that way.”
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