Hemingway

Monday, April 5-Wednesday, April 7, at 8 PM

Repeats Monday, April 5-Wednesday, April 7, at 10 PM and and Tuesday, April 6-Thursday, April 8, at 2 AM

Also airs on Fusion on Fridays, April 9-23, at 9 PM

This three-part, six-hour documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick examines 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 nonfiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created. 

A Writer (1899-1929)

Monday, April 5, at 8 PM
Repeats Monday, April 5, at 10 PM and Tuesday, April 6, at 2 AM
Also airs on Fusion on Friday, April 9, at 9 PM

Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes “The Sun Also Rises” and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, “A Farewell to Arms.”

The Avatar (1929-1944)

Tuesday, April 6, at 8 PM
Repeats Tuesday, April 6, at 10 PM and Wednesday, April 7, at 2 AM
Also airs on Fusion on Friday, April 16, at 9 PM

Having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, Hemingway settles in Key West, Fla., with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.

The Blank Page (1944-1961)

Wednesday, April 7, at 8 PM
Repeats Wednesday, April 7, at 10 PM and Thursday, April 8, at 2 AM
Also airs on Fusion on Friday, April 23, at 9 PM

Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterward, he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh. He publishes “The Old Man and the Sea” to acclaim but is overcome by his declining mental condition.