Ken Burns' Prohibition

Starring: Arkin, Adam

Prohibition explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor. The story of prohibition's rise and fall is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers, and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 841887011082
• Release Date: June 2011
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: PBS
• Directors: Burns, Ken, Novick, Lynn
• Starring: Arkin, Adam
• Runtime: 6 hours
• Number of Disks: 3
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Ken Burns: Prohibition - Ken does it again.

This is an excellent six-hour presentation. I knew a lot about the time. Or at least I thought so until this presentation. The details and pictures bring time and problems to life. Now we can see the problems of this day as a reflection of prohibition and its side effects. A lot of information, well presented, gives you the feeling that you lived through that time. We have a strange collection of readers that you would never have guessed they would be: Patricia Clarkson John Lithgow Campbell Scott Sam Waterston Includes the following episodes: "A Nation of Drunkards." "A Nation of Scofflaws." "A Nation of Hypocrites." Narrator Peter Coyote Based on a book by Geoffrey C. Ward A PBS production