Prohibition
2011
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 110 min/episode
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.
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Seasons
Season 1
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…
Cast
Crew
Producer
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Karen Kenton
Network
PBS
Production
WETA, Florentine Films
Keywords
new york citychicago, illinoisprohibition erabootleggingalcohol abuseusa historyusa politics1920s19th century1930s