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Hemingway
Behind the Scenes | Making Hemingway
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein give us a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Hemingway. We explore where Ernest Hemingway lived and traveled as the team visits his home in Cuba, learn about his writing process through manuscripts housed at the JFK Library, and the impact of fame on his art.
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1:44:41
Hemingway writes The Old Man and the Sea but is overcome by mental illness.
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1:46:56
Hemingway, having achieved literary fame, goes to report on the Spanish Civil War.
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1:55:56
Hemingway moves to Paris and finds success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.