Prohibition

Prohibition (2011)

As a battle raged… an era roared

★ 7.8 TV-14 1h 50m Documentary

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

  1. 1 1. PBS Previews: Prohibition2011-06-26Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss the series.
  2. 2 2. The Making of “Prohibition”2011-10-02

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)

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