Drinks, Crime And Prohibition

Drinks, Crime And Prohibition

Documentary 2018

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A deep dive into a period characterised by jazz, illegal booze, gangsters, and female liberation. Weapons experts, historians, museum curators, and mixologists weigh in on the `failed experiment' of prohibition and the drama it unleashed.

Documentary 2018

PG

EPISODE 1

Flappers and Bootleggers

First of two documentaries revealing what happened during America's 13 years of prohibition, between January 1920 and December 1933, when all drinking and production of alcohol was banned.

43 min · 29 Jan 2019 PG
EPISODE 2

Gangsters and G-Men

The war between cops and gangsters, including Al Capone, during America's Prohibition when all drinking and production of alcohol was banned.

43 min · 29 Jan 2019 PG

Alex Jouve

Director
Alex Jouve

Producer
William Morgan

Producer
Jason Williams

Producer
Tim Evans

Producer

About

Drinks, Crime And Prohibition

DOCUMENTARY

A deep dive into a period characterised by jazz, illegal booze, gangsters, and female liberation. Weapons experts, historians, museum curators, and mixologists weigh in on the `failed experiment' of prohibition and the drama it unleashed.

Information

Studio: Smithsonian Channel
Released: 2018
Rated: PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States), English (Australia)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.