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- 2011
- PBS
- 2011
- PBS
Summary Ken Burns' latest documentary series focuses on the origins of the 18th Amendment and the eventual end of Prohibition.
- 2011
- PBS
- 2011
- PBS
Prohibition
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 2, 2011
8.4
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Summary Ken Burns' latest documentary series focuses on the origins of the 18th Amendment and the eventual end of Prohibition.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
86
89% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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In the end, it may be the most fun you'll ever have with a Ken Burns film.
Taken together there is in these 5 1/2 hours, breathtaking in their scope and detail, nothing approaching a dull moment.
The 18th Amendment--that "Noble Experiment" that turned out to be one of the country's biggest civic failures--is the subject of a fascinating new documentary by Ken Burns.
More than any of Burns' documentaries except The Civil War, Prohibition provides viewers with a real feel for the times as well as new and surprising information.
[It manages] to be extremely entertaining, packed with amusing details and highly relevant to today's politics.
The series presents an often-engrossing look at a unique cultural moment in America, when high-mindedness was in the saddle yet lawlessness was never so pervasive.
At something more than five hours, Prohibition, while interesting from moment to moment, is longer than it needs to be, and made even longer by Burns' habitual stateliness.
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 18 User Ratings
8.4
89% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
6% Mixed
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1 Rating
6% Negative
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Production Company:
- Florentine Films
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- WETA
Initial Release Date: Oct 2, 2011
Number of seasons: 1 Season
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
