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Prohibition
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Prohibition

2011-10-02 · 110 min / episode · ★ 7.8

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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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Creators
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Production companies
WETA, Florentine Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Peter CoyotePeter CoyoteSelf - Narrator (voice)
Daniel OkrentDaniel OkrentSelf - Author
Pete HamillPete HamillSelf - Historian
Noah FeldmanNoah FeldmanSelf - Legal Scholar
Adam ArkinAdam ArkinReader (voice)
Philip BoscoPhilip BoscoReader (voice)
Patricia ClarksonPatricia ClarksonReader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin ConwayKevin ConwayReader (voice)
Blythe DannerBlythe DannerReader (voice)
Paul GiamattiPaul GiamattiReader / George Remus (voice)
Tom HanksTom HanksReader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy IronsJeremy IronsReader (voice)
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. JacksonReader (voice)
John LithgowJohn LithgowReader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Josh LucasJosh LucasReader (voice)
Amy MadiganAmy MadiganReader (voice)
Carolyn McCormickCarolyn McCormickReader (voice)
Oliver PlattOliver PlattReader / Al Capone (voice)
Campbell ScottCampbell ScottReader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
Frances SternhagenFrances SternhagenReader (voice)

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