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

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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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