Prohibition (2011)

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.

Created by

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

Themes1920s1930s19th centuryalcohol abusebootleggingchicago, illinoisnew york cityprohibition erausa historyusa politics