Prohibition 2011
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
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S1·E1 A Nation of DrunkardsThe start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the…
S1·E2 A Nation of ScofflawsThe problems that the Volstead Act and Prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced…
S1·E3 A Nation of HypocritesThe factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as…Cast
J
John Paul Stevens
Self
F
Freddie Johnson
Self - Historian
D
Dorothea Brown
Self
R
Roger Angell
Self
Crew
- Creator
- Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Producers
- Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Jean Lane, Karen Kenton
- Executive Producers
- Ken Burns
- Cinematography
- Buddy Squires
- Editing
- Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford, Tricia Reidy
- Composer
- Wynton Marsalis, Doug Wamble, David Cieri
Details
- First air date
- Oct 2, 2011
- Last air date
- Oct 4, 2011
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Episode runtime
- 110 min
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- WETA, Florentine Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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