‘The Hemingway’ Directors Evan Mathis & Patrick Sean O’Brien Capture Truth And Humor Of ALS – Contenders Documentary

‘The Hemingway’ Directors Evan Mathis & Patrick Sean O’Brien Capture Truth And Humor Of ALS – Contenders Documentary

The documentary short The Hemingway captures co-director Patrick Sean O’Brien’s life with ALS. O’Brien reached out to longtime collaborator Evan Mathis with a script asking for help bringing it to fruition. The pair spoke with Deadline’s Matt Carey at Contenders Documentary about their short, and Mathis explained how they acknowledged ALS’ effect on bodily functions without showing graphic detail on screen. “The hard challenge was to try and t…