Judy Blume on new film adaptation of her classic 'Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret'

Just say the title, "Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and many will respond with a knowing smile and a memory of what was a formative book for young people beginning in the 1970s. Now, the novel by Judy Blume is about to premiere as a film. In the first of two reports, Jeffrey Brown visited Blume and the filmmakers in Key West for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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