Prohibition

A Nation of Hypocrites

E3    Oct 4, 2011    TV-14
The factors that led to the end of Prohibition. The criminalizing of alcohol feeds large profits into the coffers of criminal organizations and turns such gangsters as Al Capone into celebrities. Wealthy Pauline Sabin encourages the repeal of the 18th Amendment; and brings together women from all classes who support her position. The 21st Amendment, which repeals the 18th, is adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election and by late 1933 people can again legally buy drinks.
Cast of A Nation of Hypocrites
  • 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)
  • Joanne TuckerReader (voice)
  • Sam WaterstonReader (voice)
  • John Paul StevensSelf
  • Studs TerkelSelf - Writer
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)

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