Given the 90 million Blume books sold worldwide, the documentary has relevance, but it's become even more pertinent given the recent surge in Republican culture-war issues, many of them coming right out of Wolchok's home state. Mark Woods: Duval County hasn't banned 176 books. Nate Monroe: Hi America, now Ron DeSantis is your problem, too as part of the Sleeping Giant film festival at the Sun-Ray Cinema. Leah Wolchok, who grew up in Jacksonville, is a co-director of the documentary, called "Judy Blume Forever," which will be shown in Jacksonville April 7 at 7 p.m. The book came out in 1970, but Blume is just as relevant as ever with a new documentary about her coming to Prime Video on April 21, followed in theaters a week later by a movie adaptation of "Margaret," starring Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. When news broke that the Florida Legislature was considering banning the discussion of menstrual cycles in schools before sixth grade, author Judy Blume went on Twitter and wrote just two words “Sorry, Margaret.”Īny fan of her books would get the reference: Her groundbreaking young-adult novel, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” in which young Margaret talks with God about her many worries, among them matters of faith, boys and when she’ll ever get her period.
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