Prohibition

The Resource Prohibition
Label
Prohibition
Statement of responsibility
a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns
Contributor
Actor
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality
Cataloging source
JTE
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematographers, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy ; editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; music, Wynton Marsalis
Dewey number
363.4/10973
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
In English or Spanish with optional English and Spanish SDH subtitles; optional description for the visually impaired
LC call number
HV5089
LC item number
.P764 2011
PerformerNote
Narrator: Peter Coyote. Voices, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt, Campbell Scott
Runtime
360
Series statement
PBS
Technique
live action
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