Prohibition
As a battle raged… an era roared
Premiered: Oct 02, 2011 | 1 seasons | 3 episodes
Popularity: 2
| Creator: | Ken Burns, Lynn Novick |
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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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hanks | Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice) | 3 |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Jeremy Irons | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| John Lithgow | Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) | 3 |
| Paul Giamatti | Reader / George Remus (voice) | 3 |
| Josh Lucas | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Patricia Clarkson | Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) | 3 |
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator (voice) | 3 |
| Adam Arkin | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Oliver Platt | Reader / Al Capone (voice) | 3 |
| Blythe Danner | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Carolyn McCormick | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Kevin Conway | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Campbell Scott | Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice) | 3 |
| Sam Waterston | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Philip Bosco | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Amy Madigan | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Joanne Tucker | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Frances Sternhagen | Reader (voice) | 3 |
| Studs Terkel | Self - Writer | 1 |