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Prohibition

2011 Documentary 1 season

TMDB rating 7.9/10 Ended

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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  • 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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  • 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)
Created by
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Network
PBS
First aired
Oct 2, 2011
Latest episode
Oct 4, 2011

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