Best 5 Documentaries about Ernest Hemingway

Intro: Documentaries about Ernest Hemingway

In this article, we're going to explore some documentaries about Ernest Hemingway.

Ernest Hemingway is a unique, ground-breaking author. He is most well known for his novels “The Old Man and the Sea”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, and “A Farewell to Arms.” He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. His father, Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, was a doctor with a successful medical practice. His mother, Grace Hall-Hemingway, was an artist who had studied in Paris at the Art Institute of Chicago and later became an art instructor.
His dad wanted him to go into medicine too, but Ernest chose to study journalism instead, so he could be free to do whatever he wanted with his life. After graduating from high school, Ernest tried out different jobs, including being a reporter for The Kansas City Star newspaper, before he decided that being an author was what he really wanted to do when.

Let's dive into it.

1. Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life

Ernest Hemingway is considered to be one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. His novel The Sun Also Rises and his short story "The Old Man and the Sea" are both recognized as American classics. This documentary explores Hemingway's life and examines what caused him to take his own life at age 61.

2. Hemingway Unknown

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most popular and celebrated writers of the 20th century. More than 50 years after his death, he remains America's most beloved author. This documentary explores the life of Hemingway, from his early life in Oak Park, Illinois to his final days living in Ketchum, Idaho where he would commit suicide on July 2nd 1961.

3. Hemingway in Cuba

One of America's most celebrated writers, Ernest Hemingway, has had a long and profound influence on many other writers. However, this writer lived in Cuba for over half his life and authored some of his best works there-yet it is scarcely talked about. This documentary presents archival footage as well as interviews with Cuban scholars and American biographers that discuss how the culture, religion, lifestyle even politics influenced this great author from America-- which is something not often discussed by those outside the country.

4. Hemingway: Rivers to The Sea

More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read American authors. His books are still in print on every continent except Antarctica, and some have been translated into as many as 20 languages, including A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. It is the art of storytelling that forms at the heart of this film which explores uniquely through Hemingway's work what makes him so unique-his point of departure from which no other author can explore their own story telling skills with such success!

5. Hemingway - Ken Burns PBS Documentary

Hemingway is a three-part, six-hour documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that explores the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway. The films show his eventful biography as well as excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and nonfiction, so we can see behind the myth to find out more about this man who was brilliant. His ambition challenged him at every turn, but he always found creative ways to challenge himself further than anyone else would dare go. He had a charisma which drew people in, even though they knew it might be dangerous for them because he was a complicated man with many secrets.

This is a premium documentary available on PBS website.
Here's the trailer.