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Prohibition [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: PROH600 | PBS.Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, c2011.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) (1 container) : sd., col., with some b&w sequences ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 9781608834303
Uniform titles:
  • Prohibition (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1: A nation of drunkards , special features -- Disc 2: A nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3: A nation of hypocrites.
Production credits:
  • A production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; music by Wynton Marsalis.
Narrated by: Peter Coyote with Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow and Oliver Platt.Summary: This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA PROHIB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000966367

Originally broadcast as a television documentary on PBS in 2011.

Disc 1: A nation of drunkards , special features -- Disc 2: A nation of scofflaws -- Disc 3: A nation of hypocrites.

A production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; music by Wynton Marsalis.

Narrated by: Peter Coyote with Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow and Oliver Platt.

This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.

Not rated.

Home use only.

In English or Spanish ; with English (SDH) or Spanish (SDH) subtitles.

Includes optional descriptive audio.

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