Akil appeared at the 2025 IndieWire Honors event to accept the Visionary Award for her work on the Netflix romance series.

Honorees for the Spring 2025 edition of IndieWire Honors celebrating the best in television also include Ben Stiller and ...

Visionary Award recipient Mara Brock Akil, creator of the hit Netflix series 'Forever', reflects on recent success.

In an era of disappearing DEI policies and fewer opportunities for writers, Brock Akil’s Shadow Program invites up-and-coming ...

Stamped From the Beginning' author Ibram X. Kendi writes a tribute to 'Forever' creator and IndieWire Honors Visionary Award ...

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

Mara Brock Akil's "Forever" costume designer Tanja Caldwell and star Lovie Simone chat about the LA fashion history lesson ...

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. The Los Angeles ...

The new show, which centers in on two Black teens' love story, was adapted from Judy Blume's novel of the same name ...

The Shadow Program was launched on the set of Forever, Akil’s adaptation of the Judy Blume novel. It is meant to give writers on-set exposure and, for Akil, the program is the logical next step ...