Hemingway

A stately, intimate portrait that moves through a celebrated life with literary excerpts and sober reflection, rewarding close attention.

Created by

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Michael Kitakis

Tagline

The man. The myth. The writer revealed.

Overview

The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Art, identity, ambition, addiction

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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