Prohibition

TV-14
2011    1h 50mDocumentary, Crime,
8.27.9
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.

1 Season

  • Miniseries
    Miniseries3 Episodes
  • Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Daniel OkrentSelf - Author
  • Pete HamillSelf - Historian
  • Noah FeldmanSelf - Legal Scholar
  • Adam ArkinReader (voice)
  • Philip BoscoReader (voice)
  • Patricia ClarksonReader / Carrie Nation (voice)
  • Kevin ConwayReader (voice)
  • Blythe DannerReader (voice)
  • Paul GiamattiReader / George Remus (voice)
  • Tom HanksReader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
  • Jeremy IronsReader (voice)
  • Samuel L. JacksonReader (voice)
  • John LithgowReader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
  • Josh LucasReader (voice)
  • Amy MadiganReader (voice)
  • Carolyn McCormickReader (voice)
  • Oliver PlattReader / Al Capone (voice)
  • Campbell ScottReader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
  • Frances SternhagenReader (voice)

Prohibition Trivia

Prohibition has 1 season.

Prohibition has 3 episodes.

The key characters in Prohibition are Self - Narrator (voice) (Peter Coyote), Self - Author (Daniel Okrent), Self - Historian (Pete Hamill).

Prohibition was directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick.

Prohibition was produced by Ken Burns, Jean Lane, Sarah Botstein, Karen Kenton, Lynn Novick.

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.

Prohibition is rated TV-14.

Prohibition is a Documentary, Crime, History show.

Prohibition has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.

Prohibition episodes are 1h 50m long.

No, this show was canceled after 1 season.

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