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Prohibition (2011)

Prohibition

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TV-14

6h

Documentary, Historical

October 2nd, 2011

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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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Cast

Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator
Pete Hamill
Self - Writer
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Self - Historian
Michael Lerner
Self - Historian
Daniel Okrent
Self - Writer
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
Jack Roche
Self - Resident of Chicago
William Leuchtenburg
Self - Historian
Patricia Clarkson
Reader
John Lithgow
Reader
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Directors

Ken Burns
(3 episodes, 2011)
Lynn Novick
(3 episodes, 2011)
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Producers

Sarah Botstein
producer
(3 episodes, 2011)
Ken Burns
executive producer / producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Elle Carriere
coordinating producer
(3 episodes, 2011)
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Writers

Geoffrey C. Ward
written by
(3 episodes, 2011)
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Taglines

How did a nation founded on rights ever go so wrong?
As a battle raged… an era roared

Keywords

one word title
alcoholism
1930s
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 14th, 2012 (Finland)
October 30th, 2011 (Sweden)
October 2nd, 2011 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

Prohibition (original title)
Ken Burns: Prohibition (Australia) (rerun title)
Yhdysvallat kieltolain aikaan (Finland)
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Running Times

360 min (approx)

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Aspect Ratios

16:9 HD

Production Companies

Florentine Films
WETA
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

PBS International (Non-US)
Yleisradio (YLE) (Finland)
Polyband (Germany)
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Other Companies

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (funding)
Bank of America (funding)
The National Endowment for the Humanities (funding)
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