Prohibition
Prohibition

Prohibition

As a battle raged… an era roared

7.9(48 votes)
2011
1 Season 3 Episodes
Documentary

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.

Status: Ended
First Air Date: 10/2/2011

Seasons

Miniseries

Miniseries

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). 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…

Episodes

1
Episode 1
2
Episode 2
3
Episode 3

Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Self - Author

Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill

Self - Historian

Noah Feldman

Noah Feldman

Self - Legal Scholar

Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Reader (voice)

Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Reader (voice)

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Reader (voice)

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Reader / George Remus (voice)

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