Prohibition

“As a battle raged… an era roared”

• 2011
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• Ended
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• TV-14

• Documentary

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 53 votes

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.

Created by

Ken Burns , Lynn Novick

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Episode length

~1h 50m

First aired

Oct 2, 2011

Networks

PBS

Original language

English

Origin

United States