COLLECTION · Series · 2011

Prohibition

Name: Prohibition
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.9

The 13-year-long Prohibition era, now synonymous with the rise of criminal networks, alcoholism, and hypocrisy, is explored in five episodes that chronicle its ultimate failure.

Source: TMDB

* 7.9 (50)DocumentaryUnited States

Creators

Ken Burns · Lynn Novick

Countries

United States

Studios

PBS · WETA · Florentine Films

Runtime

94–110 min/ep

Age rating

TV-14

Release

02/10/2011

Score

7.9 / 10 (50)

Where to watch

Streaming

PBS

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Seasons and episodes

Specials

2 episodes · 2011

Episode 1. PBS Previews: Prohibition

2011-06-26

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss the series.

Episode 2. The Making of “Prohibition”

2011-10-02

No synopsis

Miniseries

3 episodes · 2011

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…

Episode 1. A Nation of Drunkards

2011-10-02 · 96 min

The start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for a constitutional amendment that would…

Episode 2. A Nation of Scofflaws

2011-10-03 · 120 min

The problems that the Volstead Act and Prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced male-only saloons; adulterated liquor that poisons some drinkers; and…

Episode 3. A Nation of Hypocrites

2011-10-04 · 107 min

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…

Cast by season

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)