Prohibition
As a battle raged… an era roared
October 2, 2011
1 Season
3 Episodes
TV-14
Ended
Documentary
7.9
User Score
50 votes
About
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
Movie Info
Status: Ended
Created by:
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Network:
PBS
Aired:
2011–2011
Top Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
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