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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Episodes
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1. A Nation of Drunkards2011-10-02 · 1h 36mThe start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the Anti-Saloon Leag
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2. A Nation of Scofflaws2011-10-03 · 2h 0mThe problems that the Volstead Act and Prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced male-only salo
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3. A Nation of Hypocrites2011-10-04 · 1h 47mThe factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as Al Capone in
Cast
Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator (voice)
Daniel OkrentSelf - Author
Pete HamillSelf - Historian
Noah FeldmanSelf - Legal Scholar
Adam ArkinReader (voice)
Philip BoscoReader (voice)
Patricia ClarksonReader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin ConwayReader (voice)
Blythe DannerReader (voice)
Paul GiamattiReader / George Remus (voice)
Tom HanksReader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy IronsReader (voice)
Samuel L. JacksonReader (voice)
John LithgowReader / H.L. Mencken (voice)Images
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