1 Season
3 Episode
Prohibition
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.
- Year: 2011
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: PBS
- Keyword: new york city, chicago, illinois, prohibition era, bootlegging, alcohol abuse, usa history, usa politics, 1920s, 19th century, 1930s
- Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Cast: Peter Coyote, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill, Noah Feldman, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco