Prohibition (2011)
As a battle raged… an era roared
| First Air Date: | 2011, October 2 |
| Last Air Date: | 2011, October 4 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 3 |
| Episode Runtime: | 110, 94, 104 min |
| Created by: | Ken Burns, Lynn Novick |
| Countries: | United States of America |
| Production: | WETA, Florentine Films |
| Cast: | Samuel L. Jackson, John Lithgow, Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson, Paul Giamatti, Campbell Scott, Jeremy Irons, Amy Madigan, Peter Coyote, Oliver Platt, Frances Sternhagen, Josh Lucas |
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.