Ken Burns thinks America's complicated history is exactly what can unite it

The documentary filmmaker tells Haaretz that Americans 'inherited a bloodless, heroic version of history.' In his new series 10 years in the making, he hopes to bring nuance to war and Washington, because 'nobody wants a superficial story'
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