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Prohibition
2011110mDocumentary

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.
Year
2011
Runtime
110m
Language
English
Country
US
Also known as
La ley seca금주법Ken Burns: Prohibition
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Crew
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Cast
- Tom Hanks
- Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Reader (voice)
- Jeremy Irons
- Reader (voice)
- John Lithgow
- Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice)
- Oliver Platt
- Reader / Al Capone (voice)
