Ken Burns: Prohibition

Ken Burns: Prohibition

Documentary 2011

Discover the true story of America’s “Great Experiment.” Go beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum-runners, flappers and speakeasies to experience the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Prohibition.

Documentary 2011

PG

Starring John Lithgow, Campbell Scott, Peter Coyote

EPISODE 1

A Nation of Drunkards

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League push for an amendment to the Constitution outlawing alcohol nationally.

1 hr 34 min · Oct 2, 2011 PG
EPISODE 2

A Nation of Scofflaws

Enforcing the new law of Prohibition creates problems.

1 hr 50 min · Oct 3, 2011 PG
EPISODE 3

A Nation of Hypocrites

Support for Prohibition diminishes in the mid-1920s; Congress passes the 21st Amendment in 1933, repealing Prohibition.

1 hr 44 min · Oct 4, 2011 PG

John Lithgow

Voice
Campbell Scott

Reader
Peter Coyote

Narrator
Lynn Novick

Director
Ken Burns

Director

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Ken Burns: Prohibition

DOCUMENTARY

Discover the true story of America’s “Great Experiment.” Go beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum-runners, flappers and speakeasies to experience the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Prohibition.

Information

Studio: PBS
Released: 2011
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English (Australia), French
Audio: English (United States) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.