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Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011. It draws heavily from the 2010 book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent.
Original Release
10/02/2011 on PBS
US Release
10/02/2011
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Pete Hamill | Self - Writer / Self - Historian |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Self - Historian |
| Michael Lerner | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Okrent | Self - Writer / Self - Author |
| Noah Feldman | Self - Legal Scholar |
| Jack Roche | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| William Leuchtenburg | Self - Historian |
| Patricia Clarkson | Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) / Eliza Hackett |
| John Lithgow | Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) / H.L. Mencken |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nation of Drunkards | Sunday, 02 October 2011 |
| 2 | A Nation of Scofflaws | Monday, 03 October 2011 |
| 3 | A Nation of Hypocrites | Tuesday, 04 October 2011 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Pete Hamill | Self - Writer / Self - Historian |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Self - Historian |
| Michael Lerner | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Okrent | Self - Writer / Self - Author |
| Noah Feldman | Self - Legal Scholar |
| Jack Roche | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| William Leuchtenburg | Self - Historian |
| Patricia Clarkson | Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) / Eliza Hackett |
| John Lithgow | Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) / H.L. Mencken |
| Campbell Scott | Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice) |
| Sam Waterston | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| John Paul Stevens | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| Jonathan Eig | Self - Writer |
| Margot Loines Wilkie | Self - Resident of Massachusetts |
| Martin Marty | Self - Theologian |
| Ruth Proskauer Smith | Self - Resident of New York |
| Jack Clarke | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| Edwin T. Hunt Jr. | Self - Resident of Seattle / Self - Son of Edwin Hunt |
| Joshua Zeitz | Self - Historian |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Executive Producer |
| Mike Welt | Producer |
| McKay McFadden | Producer |
| Elle Carriere | Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Karen Kenton | Producer |
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Ken Burns | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming | Won |
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) | Nominated |
