Prohibition, a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns
Type
Label
Prohibition, a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Prohibition
Oclc number
756222131
Responsibility statement
a Florentine Films production ; WETA Television ; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and Ken Burns
Runtime
360
Series statement
PBS
Summary
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. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Novick, Lynn
- WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
- Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
- Giamatti, Paul
- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- Prohibition Film Project
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Florentine Films
- Ward, Geoffrey C
- Clarkson, Patricia
- Burns, Ken, 1953-
- Danner, Blythe
- Coyote, Peter
- Hanks, Tom
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Platt, Oliver
Genre
Subject
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1919-1933
- Documentaires télévisés
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles
- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1919-1933
- Documentary television programs
- Bebidas alcohólicas -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Prohibición alcohólica -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933
- DVD
- Video
- Videodiscs
- Liquor laws -- United States -- History
- Prohibition -- United States -- History
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor16
- Novick, Lynn
- WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
- Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
- Giamatti, Paul
- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- Prohibition Film Project
- Lithgow, John, 1945-
- Florentine Films
- Ward, Geoffrey C
- Clarkson, Patricia
- Burns, Ken, 1953-
- Danner, Blythe
- Coyote, Peter
- Hanks, Tom
- Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Platt, Oliver
- Genre9
- Subject16
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1919-1933
- Documentaires télévisés
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles
- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- 1919-1933
- Documentary television programs
- Bebidas alcohólicas -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Prohibición alcohólica -- Estados Unidos -- Historia
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933
- DVD
- Video
- Videodiscs
- Liquor laws -- United States -- History
- Prohibition -- United States -- History
- Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor6
- Director2
- Narrator1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter3
- Mapped to1