Prohibition

Miniseries

"As a battle raged… an era roared"

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.

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick PBS US

CreatorsKen Burns, Lynn Novick

CastAdam Arkin, Blythe Danner, Daniel Okrent, Kevin Conway, Noah Feldman, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Giamatti, Pete Hamill, Peter Coyote, Philip Bosco

CountryUS

NetworksPBS

S01 E01 · Episode 01

Prohibition

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