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‘Oh Judy, baby.’ That’s Judy Blume impersonating the many male producers who had approached her decades ago to bring her legendary book about a girl traversing puberty, family and friends to the big screen. She wasn’t having it and followed advice from her son: “You wait until the women who read your books grow up and are in charge in Hollywood.” Enter director Kelly Fremon Craig. In a poignant, fun and revealing conversation, the two women tell the rollicking story of how they met, what happened after, and the power of “small” stories, as part of The Ankler’s In Conversation: Page to Screen series, hosted by Janice Min.
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