Prohibition

Resource Information

The work Prohibition represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Prohibition

Statement of responsibility

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

Title variation

Prohibition

Title variation remainder

a film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick

Contributor

• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• Danner, Blythe
• Ewers, Erik
• Giamatti, Paul
• PBS Home Video
• Gifford, Ryan
• Florentine Films
• trueHanks, Tom
• trueLithgow, John, 1945-
• McCarthy, Stephen
• Moore, Allen
• Ward, Geoffrey C.
• Novick, Lynn
• Platt, Oliver
• Reidy, Tricia
• Squires, Buddy
• Clarkson, Patricia
• trueBurns, Ken, 1953-
• Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
• Arkin, Adam
• trueCoyote, Peter

Director

• trueBurns, Ken, 1953-
• Novick, Lynn

Narrator

• trueCoyote, Peter
• Arkin, Adam
• Clarkson, Patricia
• Platt, Oliver
• trueLithgow, John, 1945-
• trueHanks, Tom
• Giamatti, Paul
• Danner, Blythe

Producer

• Novick, Lynn
• trueBurns, Ken, 1953-
• Botstein, Sarah, 1972-

Screenwriter

• Ward, Geoffrey C.

Subject

• Liquor laws -- United States -- History
• Historical television programs
• Prohibition -- United States -- History
• trueUnited States -- History -- 1919-1933
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary television programs

Genre

• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Historical television programs
• Documentary television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

This documentary series 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

Cataloging source

LPU

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Allen Moore, Stephen McCarthy

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

• SDH --subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video
• English or Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles

PerformerNote

Narrators: Adam Arkin, Peter Coyote, Patricia Clarkson, Blythe Danner, Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks, John Lithgow, Oliver Platt

Runtime

360

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action