Series·2011·1 Season
Prohibition
As a battle raged… an era roared
Created By
Ken Burns
Country
US
Language
English
Episodes
3
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The Story
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.
Producer
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Cinematography
Buddy Squires
Music
Wynton Marsalis
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
50 votes
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Cast
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Reader / George Remus (voice)
Tom Hanks
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Reader (voice)
John Lithgow
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
Josh Lucas
Reader (voice)
Amy Madigan
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Oliver Platt
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
// crew
Crew
Erik Ewers
Editor
Wynton Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Doug Wamble
Original Music Composer
Ken Burns
Producer, Executive Producer
David Cieri
Original Music Composer
Buddy Squires
Director of Photography
Tricia Reidy
Editor
Ryan Gifford
Editor
Lynn Novick
Producer
Jean Lane
Producer
Karen Kenton
Producer
Sarah Botstein
Producer
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