Giving Black Boys Their Boyhood Back: Mara Brock Akil Offers A Fresh Take on Judy Blume’s “Forever”

In this updated version of Judy Blume’s 19711 novel Forever, showrunner Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, Moesha) takes a fresh look at the classic story of teenage love and intimacy through the prism of race, parenting, and today’s culture. What started as a simple story about first love and relationships between Justin Edwards (Michael Cooper Jr.) […]