Series · Documentary
Prohibition (2011)Specials
★ 7.9 · 56 votes1 season · 3 episodesDocumentary2011
As a battle raged… an era roared
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.
- Creator
- Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Writers
- Geoffrey C. Ward
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 2, 2011
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator (voice)
Daniel OkrentSelf - Author
Pete HamillSelf - Historian
Noah FeldmanSelf - Legal Scholar
Adam ArkinReader (voice)
Philip BoscoReader (voice)
Patricia ClarksonReader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin ConwayReader (voice)
Blythe DannerReader (voice)
Paul GiamattiReader / George Remus (voice)
Tom HanksReader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy IronsReader (voice)
Samuel L. JacksonReader (voice)
John LithgowReader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Josh LucasReader (voice)
Amy MadiganReader (voice)
Carolyn McCormickReader (voice)
Oliver PlattReader / Al Capone (voice)
Campbell ScottReader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
Frances SternhagenReader (voice)
Episodes
0/2 watched- Episode 1: PBS Previews: ProhibitionJun 26, 2011
- Episode 2: The Making of “Prohibition”Oct 2, 2011
