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Prohibition(2011)

12Documentary1h 50m
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As a battle raged… an era roared

Overview

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.

Ken Burns

Creator

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Series Cast

Peter Coyote photo

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Okrent photo

Daniel Okrent

Self - Author

Pete Hamill photo

Pete Hamill

Self - Historian

Noah Feldman photo

Noah Feldman

Self - Legal Scholar

Adam Arkin photo

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Philip Bosco photo

Philip Bosco

Reader (voice)

Patricia Clarkson photo

Patricia Clarkson

Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

Kevin Conway photo

Kevin Conway

Reader (voice)

Blythe Danner photo

Blythe Danner

Reader (voice)

Paul Giamatti photo

Paul Giamatti

Reader / George Remus (voice)

Tom Hanks photo

Tom Hanks

Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

Show Stats

StatusEnded

NetworkPBS

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish

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