Ken Burns: National Parks Service site reminds us of America’s violent history

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Filmmaker Ken Burns says he fears patriotism is presented as a false choice. For many, he says, to be patriotic is to remember and celebrate only our nation’s triumphs. To choose to remember our failings, is thus somehow anti-American. Read more: https://wapo.st/burnspatriotism.

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Kenneth Lauren Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films.

His style of panning and zooming on still images is known after him in videography and other graphic sectors.

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