Peter Coyote on NJ roots and voicing Burns' 'The American Revolution'

Peter Coyote reflects on growing up in Englewood and how the landscape shaped his view of history.

Coyote said he lets the script guide him, allowing Ken Burns’ words to shape the tone without overthinking or trying to manipulate the audience.

Long before he became one of the most recognizable narrators on television, Peter Coyote called Englewood home and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School.

On Sunday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m., he returns to PBS as the voice of Ken Burns’ six-part, 12-hour series "The American Revolution." The documentary, co-directed by Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and written by Geoffrey C. Ward, traces the eight-year war for independence through the experiences of women, enslaved people, Native American communities and the nation's founders.

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