Prohibition

★ 7.9•2011•1 Seasons•ANIME

Documentary

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.

Top Cast

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Okrent

Self - Author

Pete Hamill

Self - Historian

Noah Feldman

Self - Legal Scholar

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Philip Bosco

Reader (voice)

Patricia Clarkson

Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)

Kevin Conway

Reader (voice)

Blythe Danner

Reader (voice)

Paul Giamatti

Reader / George Remus (voice)

Tom Hanks

Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)

Jeremy Irons

Reader (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson

Reader (voice)

John Lithgow

Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)

Josh Lucas

Reader (voice)

Episodes

Season:

1. A Nation of Drunkards

96m

The start of the temperance movement in the 19th century under the stewardship of such leaders as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard and Carry Nation; and the Anti-Saloon League, which pushed for a constitutional amendment that would ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol.

Aired: 10/2/2011

2. A Nation of Scofflaws

120m

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The problems that the Volstead Act and Prohibition caused, including a possible increase in alcoholism due to women frequenting the illicit speakeasies that replaced male-only saloons; adulterated liquor that poisons some drinkers; and civil-rights violations by overzealous federal agents anxious to make arrests. Despite the public's growing opposition to the ban, few politicians dare to speak against it due to the political might of the Anti-Saloon League.

Prohibition

Top Cast

Peter Coyote

Daniel Okrent

Pete Hamill

Noah Feldman

Adam Arkin

Philip Bosco

Patricia Clarkson

Kevin Conway

Blythe Danner

Paul Giamatti

Tom Hanks

Jeremy Irons

Samuel L. Jackson

John Lithgow

Josh Lucas

Episodes

1. A Nation of Drunkards

2. A Nation of Scofflaws

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3. A Nation of Hypocrites