Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life

A&E's enduring biographical series profiles one of the 20th century's most iconic figures, Ernest Hemingway. Through a curated array of still photographs, narration by his granddaughter Mariel Hemingway, commentary from author A.E. Hotchner and publisher Charles Scribner, and readings from Hemingway's own writings—including personal letters and unpublished works—read by Scott Glenn, the film traces his journey from his Midwestern childhood roots to the tragic suicide that serves as a bittersweet exclamation on a life of profound accomplishment.