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Prohibition

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.

2011 |1 Season  | 1h 50m |  Documentary

Videos

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Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Daniel Okrent

Self - Author

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Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

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Philip Bosco

Reader (voice)

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Patricia Clarkson

Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

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Kevin Conway

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Blythe Danner

Reader (voice)

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Paul Giamatti

Reader / George Remus (voice)

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Tom Hanks

Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

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Jeremy Irons

Reader (voice)

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Samuel L. Jackson

Reader (voice)

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John Lithgow

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

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Josh Lucas

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Amy Madigan

Reader (voice)

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Carolyn McCormick

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Oliver Platt

Reader / Al Capone (voice)

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Campbell Scott

Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)

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Frances Sternhagen

Reader (voice)

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Sam Waterston

Reader (voice)

Seasons List

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Specials

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Miniseries

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Creator

Ken Burns

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

PBS