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The story of Prohibition's rise and fall is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation.
Original Release
10/02/2011
US Release
10/02/2011
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Michael Lerner | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Okrent | Self - Writer / Self - Author |
| Pete Hamill | Self - Writer / Self - Historian |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Self - Historian |
| Martin Marty | Self - Theologian |
| Noah Feldman | Self - Legal Scholar |
| Jack Roche | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| William Leuchtenburg | Self - Historian |
| Philip Bosco | Reader / Reader (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Michael Lerner | Self - Historian |
| Daniel Okrent | Self - Writer / Self - Author |
| Pete Hamill | Self - Writer / Self - Historian |
| Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Self - Historian |
| Martin Marty | Self - Theologian |
| Noah Feldman | Self - Legal Scholar |
| Jack Roche | Self - Resident of Chicago |
| William Leuchtenburg | Self - Historian |
| Philip Bosco | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Patricia Clarkson | Eliza Hackett / Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) |
| Kevin Conway | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Blythe Danner | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Tom Hanks | Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice) |
| Jeremy Irons | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| John Lithgow | Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) |
| Josh Lucas | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Amy Madigan | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Carolyn McCormick | Reader / Reader (voice) |
| Campbell Scott | Reader / F. Scott Fitzgerald (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ken Burns | Producer |
| Lynn Novick | Producer |
| Sarah Botstein | Producer |
| Elle Carriere | Producer |
| Karen Kenton | Producer |
| McKay McFadden | Producer |
| Mike Welt | Producer |
