Prohibition
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Series Details & Credits
| PBS | Release Date: October 2, 2011 |
Summary:
Ken Burns' latest documentary series focuses on the origins of the 18th Amendment and the eventual end of Prohibition.
Genre(s):
Documentary
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S1:E3. A Nation of Hypocrites
Air Date: October 4, 2011
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S1:E1. A Nation of Drunkards
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S1:E1. A Nation of Scofflaws
Air Date: October 3, 2011
Positive:
17
Mixed:
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Negative:
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Sep 30, 2011
Season 1 Review:
Prohibition is a merry, bullet-sprayed study of the era's rampant criminality. [10 Oct 2011, p.40]
Uncle Barky
Oct 3, 2011
Oct 3, 2011
Season 1 Review:
Great historical documentaries not only enlighten us about the past, but tell us things about our own times as well, either directly or implicitly. Prohibition, the latest project by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, states the implicit links between the passage of the 18th Amendment and contemporary politics so loudly, you'd have to be drunk on bathtub gin not to get the message.
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TV Guide Magazine
Oct 3, 2011
Season 1 Review:
With deft detail, and the usual sparkling mix of vivid archival footage and jazzy period music, we're treated to an evocative portrait of a young nation wracked by alcoholism and a debauched saloon culture, taking drastic measures to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
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Sep 30, 2011
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: October 2, 2011
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S1:E3. A Nation of Hypocrites
Air Date: October 4, 2011
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S1:E1. A Nation of Drunkards
Air Date: October 2, 2011
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S1:E1. A Nation of Scofflaws
Air Date: October 3, 2011
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S1:E1. A Nation of Drunkards
Air Date: October 2, 2011
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Season 1 Overview