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

Tout public

Starring John Lithgow, Campbell Scott, Peter Coyote

EPISODE 101

A Sea of Rum

How illegal bars called speak-easies become a symbol of glamorous city nightlife in the 1920s.

52 min · 16 Dec 2011
EPISODE 102

Scofflaws

When Prohibition went into effect in 1920, society found ways to get around it.

52 min · 16 Dec 2011
EPISODE 103

Nation of Drunkards

A wave of ideological fervour sweeps the US, with many beginning to see alcohol as a scourge and an impediment to a Protestant utopia of clean and righteous living.

51 min · 16 Dec 2011
EPISODE 104

Murder and Mayhem

In the early 1920s, while some Americans attempt to honour the Prohibition law, millions more chafe at its unintended consequences.

52 min · 16 Dec 2011
EPISODE 105

A Nation of Hypocrites

By the close of the 1920s, many blame the law for the rise of criminal syndicates, promiscuity, and a sense that the entire government is corrupted.

52 min · 16 Dec 2011

John Lithgow

Voice
Campbell Scott

Reader
Peter Coyote

Narrator
Lynn Novick

Director
Ken Burns

Director

About

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: Tout public

Languages

Original Audio: English (Australia), French
Audio: French (AAC)