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Prohibition (2011)

2011-10-02 Documentary, NaNh NaNm

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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.

Prohibition (2011)

2011-10-02 Documentary, NaNh NaNm

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As a battle raged… an era roared

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.

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**Peter Coyote**
Self - Narrator (voice)

**Patricia Clarkson**
Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

**Paul Giamatti**
Reader / George Remus (voice)

**Tom Hanks**
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

**John Lithgow**
Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

**Oliver Platt**
Reader / Al Capone (voice)

**Campbell Scott**
Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice)

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Specials

June 25, 2011 | 2 Episodes

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Miniseries

October 1, 2011 | 3 Episodes

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, Prohibit...

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Ended

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English

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