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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.
First Aired
Oct 2, 2011
Last Aired
Oct 4, 2011
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Network
PBS
Studio
WETA, Florentine Films
Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator (voice)
D
Daniel Okrent
Self - Author
P
Pete Hamill
Self - Historian
N
Noah Feldman
Self - Legal Scholar
A
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
P
Philip Bosco
Reader (voice)
P
Patricia Clarkson
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
K
Kevin Conway
Reader (voice)
B
Blythe Danner
Reader (voice)
P
Paul Giamatti
Reader / George Remus (voice)
T
Tom Hanks
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
J
Jeremy Irons
Reader (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Reader (voice)
J
John Lithgow
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
J
Josh Lucas
Reader (voice)
A
Amy Madigan
Reader (voice)
C
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
O
Oliver Platt
Reader / Al Capone (voice)
C
Campbell Scott
Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)
F
Frances Sternhagen
Reader (voice)
