Make a Movie on Your Own Terms and Navigate Life as an Artist, with Brooke Berman

Your Creative Midlife · Apr 23, 2026 · 38m

This week on Your Creative Midlife, I talk with Brooke Berman about her latest film, "Ramona at Midlife," which explores the central challenge of reconciling one's youthful aspirations with the reality of how life actually unfolds.

The film follows Ramona, a former essayist turned animal shelter worker, as she grapples with the gap between her 25-year-old self, the person she expected to become, and who she actually became—a struggle shaped by both personal choices and broader cultural shifts.

Brooke shares how she made the film on her own terms, how artists at any stage of life can pursue…