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As a battle raged… an era roared
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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DocumentaryCreated by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick


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)

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