Prohibition

Prohibition (2011)

As a battle raged… an era roared

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.

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  • First Air Date: 2011-10-02
  • Last Air Date: 2011-10-04
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Episode Runtime: 110 min.
  • Network: PBS
  • Creator: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

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  • Seasons

    • Season 0

      2 Episodes

    • Season 1

      3 Episodes

    Trailer

    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)

    • Blythe Danner

      Reader (voice)

    • Paul Giamatti

      Reader / George Remus (voice)

    • Tom Hanks

      Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

    • Jeremy Irons

      Reader (voice)

    • Samuel L. Jackson

      Reader (voice)

    • John Lithgow

      Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

    • Josh Lucas

      Reader (voice)

    • Amy Madigan

      Reader (voice)

    • Carolyn McCormick

      Reader (voice)

    • Oliver Platt

      Reader / Al Capone (voice)

    • Campbell Scott

      Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)

    • Frances Sternhagen

      Reader (voice)

    • Joanne Tucker

      Reader (voice)

    • Sam Waterston

      Reader (voice)

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