Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeDocumentarian Ken Burns, 73, talks his latest release, "The American Revolution." Credit: Evan Barlow 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'10:17 PM • August 13 2026 IDTAt age six, Ken Burns drew a picture of the barn in which he imagined himself living and working as an adult. Apparently, the filmmaker had always had the talent for long-term projects. Now 73, he has spent much of the past 47 years in a barn remarkably like it – a pristine two-story wooden building in a small New Hampshire town that serves as his office, editing room, screening space and home to his collection of antique quilts.In the NewsKen Burns Thinks America's Complicated History Is Exactly What Can Unite It'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'Longing, Dread and Humor Mingle in Songs Israeli Hostage Wrote in CaptivityNew Eurovision Rule Change Could Prevent Israel From Hosting in the FutureIsraelis Don't Dance to Forget What They've Committed. Sometimes They Just DanceRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?Phones of Missing Israeli Mother, Daughter Last Traced Near Vienna Train StationIsrael Elections: How to Actually Read the PollsU.S. University to Pay Israeli Scholar Who Lost Job for Calling Gaza a Genocide