Prohibition

Name: Prohibition
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-10-02
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Peter Coyote, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill, Noah Feldman, Adam Arkin

As a battle raged… an era roared

7.9First aired 2011-10-02Last aired 2011-10-04Status: Ended

Documentary

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Networks: PBS

Overview

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.