American Black Film Festival, "Forever" creator and TV powerhouse Mara Brock Akil opens up about why adapting Judy Blume's ...

Ms. Brock Akil, 55, began her career as a television writer and producer in Los Angeles, writing for “South Central” and ...

Mara Brock Akil ‘s “ Forever ” is a story both timeless and of the moment. A skillful update of the 1975 Judy Blume novel of ...

The prolific TV creator explains how she turned a Judy Blume adaptation into another modern love letter to Black audiences.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's Forever creator Mara Brock Akil's Writers Colony has added eight new up and coming writers to their winter cohort, which ran from January – April 2025, and spring cohort, which ...

The Friday before the new Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel Forever was set to release, its creator Mara Brock Akil was power-walking through New York City for exercise.

Music supervisor is a job that is part professional music nerd, part aural detective and part crate-digging business affairs ...

Not many people would look at a 50-year-old novel by Judy Blume and see a story that could just as easily be set in present-day Los Angeles with two Black teens. Mara Brock Akil, the creator and ...

Mara Brock Akil returns with Forever, a fresh Netflix take on Judy Blume’s novel, redefining first love for a new generation.

Mara Brock Akil’s adaptation of the 1975 YA novel follows a pair of Los Angeles teenagers, played by Lovie Simone and Michael Cooper Jr., as they fall in love. May 8, 2025.

For IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking, Mara Brock Akil explains the power of a thank-you note. — 'What No One Tells You' ...