TV series

Prohibition

As a battle raged… an era roared

2011★ 7.9 · 50Ended1 seasonDocumentary

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.

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Cast

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)

Crew

Erik Ewers
Editor

Wynton Marsalis
Original Music Composer

McKay McFadden
Associate Producer

Robert Silverthorne
Sound Recordist

Dominick Tavella
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Anthony Savini
Gaffer

John Zecca
Sound Recordist

Scott Harber
Sound Recordist

David Obermeyer
Sound Recordist

Mike Welt
Co-Producer

Wynton Marsalis
Music Arranger

Mark Roy
Sound Recordist

Seasons

Specials

Episodes: 2

Miniseries

Episodes: 3

Information

Community

7.9/ 10

50 TMDB votes

7.9

Created by: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick,

First air date: 2011-10-02

Show status: Ended

Genres

Documentary

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