Prohibition

Prohibition (2011)

As a battle raged… an era roared

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Creator: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
  • First Air Date: 2011-10-02
  • Last Air Date: 2011-10-04
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 3
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 110 min.
  • Production Company: WETA
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Networks: PBS
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: new york city, chicago, illinois, prohibition era, bootlegging, alcohol abuse, usa history, usa politics, 1920s, 19th century, 1930s
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    Prohibition Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2011-06-26
    2 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2011-10-02
    3 Episodes

    Prohibition Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1A Nation of Drunkards120 min
    Season 1Episode 2A Nation of Scofflaws120 min
    Season 1Episode 3A Nation of Hypocrites120 min
    • Peter Coyote

      as Self - Narrator (voice)
    • Daniel Okrent

      as Self - Author
    • Pete Hamill

      as Self - Historian
    • Noah Feldman

      as Self - Legal Scholar
    • Adam Arkin

      as Reader (voice)
    • Philip Bosco

      as Reader (voice)
    • Patricia Clarkson

      as Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
    • Kevin Conway

      as Reader (voice)
    • Blythe Danner

      as Reader (voice)
    • Paul Giamatti

      as Reader / George Remus (voice)
    • Tom Hanks

      as Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
    • Jeremy Irons

      as Reader (voice)
    • Samuel L. Jackson

      as Reader (voice)
    • John Lithgow

      as Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
    • Josh Lucas

      as Reader (voice)
    • Amy Madigan

      as Reader (voice)
    • Carolyn McCormick

      as Reader (voice)
    • Oliver Platt

      as Reader / Al Capone (voice)
    • Campbell Scott

      as Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
    • Frances Sternhagen

      as Reader (voice)
    • Joanne Tucker

      as Reader (voice)
    • Sam Waterston

      as Reader (voice)
    Production Karen Kenton Producer
    Editing Tricia Reidy Editor
    Editing Ryan Gifford Editor
    Production Jean Lane Producer
    Directing Christopher Darling Assistant Director
    Production Ken Burns Executive Producer
    Costume & Make-Up Maria Torfeld Makeup Artist
    Production Lynn Novick Producer
    Sound David Cieri Original Music Composer
    Production Sarah Botstein Producer
    Editing Erik Ewers Editor
    Camera Buddy Squires Director of Photography
    Production Ken Burns Producer
    Sound Dominick Tavella Sound Re-Recording Mixer
    Sound David Obermeyer Sound Recordist
    Sound Mark Roy Sound Recordist
    Sound Doug Wamble Original Music Composer
    Sound Wynton Marsalis Original Music Composer
    Sound Wynton Marsalis Music Arranger
    Production Mike Welt Co-Producer
    Sound John Zecca Sound Recordist
    Sound Scott Harber Sound Recordist
    Sound Robert Silverthorne Sound Recordist
    Production McKay McFadden Associate Producer
    Lighting Anthony Savini Gaffer

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