Prohibition
Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Prohibition
- Release
- October 2, 2011
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 1h 50min/ep
- Rating
- TV-14
- Direction
- Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
3 eps.
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
3 eps.
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
3 eps.
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
3 eps.
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
3 eps.
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
3 eps.
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
3 eps.
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
3 eps.
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
3 eps.
Paul Giamatti
Reader / George Remus (voice)
3 eps.
Tom Hanks
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
3 eps.
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
3 eps.
