Prohibition (2011)

Directed by

Ken Burns

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells the story of the era when alcohol was banned in the United States. It covers the people and events that led to Prohibition and the consequences that followed.

informativehistoricalsoberingdetailedthought-provokingmeasurededucationalreflective

What happens

Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011. It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It draws heavily from the 2010 book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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