Prohibition
2011/10/02 - 2011/10/04 • Ended • 1 Seasons • English
As a battle raged… an era roared
Overview
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(s) : Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Casts
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Reader / George Remus (voice)
Tom Hanks
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Reader (voice)
John Lithgow
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Josh Lucas
Reader (voice)
Amy Madigan
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Oliver Platt
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
Campbell Scott
Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
Frances Sternhagen
Reader (voice)
Joanne Tucker
Reader (voice)
Sam Waterston
Reader (voice)
Last Season
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2011/10/02 • 3 Episodes
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). Afte...Read more
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