How did you determine what books to concentrate on? Then, five years ago, during a long road trip with my husband and kids, I decided to play (Blume’s) “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” and it was like this total visceral reaction of, “Oh my gosh! This book is so good.” Suddenly I was seeing Judy through fresh eyes, and I turned to my husband and said, “Whatever happened to Judy Blume?” And then it turned into a documentary filmmaker’s curiosity.īlume wrote so many fantastic novels. Pardo: I was a shy, bookworm kid who loved to read and loved Judy Blume, but I hadn’t thought a lot about her books as an adult. Whose idea was it to make a documentary about Judy Blume? Instead, Pardo and Wolchok focus on a handful of seminal titles, including “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” “Blubber” and “Superfudge,” and the impact they made on millions of readers.Īmazon will release “Judy Blume Forever” later this year and it premieres at Sundance Jan. Segments of those interviews, along with contemporary scenes from Blume’s life and interviews with writers and celebrities influenced by the author’s unfiltered portraits of childhood and adolescence, make up “Judy Blume Forever.” The 97-minute documentary doesn’t delve into each of the 29 books Blume published. Eventually, the directing duo convinced Blume to sit in front of their cameras, where she discussed not only her career, but also the people and places who influenced her writing. “I think she was unsure about entering this thing that she knew was going to be a huge time commitment where she would be opening herself up,” says Pardo. Blume, the 84-year-old children’s and young adult literary juggernaut, lives a quiet life in Florida’s Key West, where she owns a bookstore. It took “ Judy Blume Forever” directors Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok close to two years to convince Judy Blume to be the subject of a documentary.
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