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Title:

Prohibition. #E2, E3, E4 [videorecording] / 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.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Documentary television programs.
Liquor laws--United States--History.
Films for people with visual disabilities.
DVDs--Movie.
DVDs.
DVDs.--Motion picture.
DVDs.--Documentary.
Prohibition--United States--History.
Films for the hearing impaired.
United States--History--1919-1933.

Other Authors:

Lithgow, John, 1945-
Giamatti, Paul.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Clarkson, Patricia.
Novick, Lynn.
Coyote, Peter.
Hanks, Tom.
Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
Danner, Blythe.
Platt, Oliver.
Florentine Films.
PBS Home Video.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington), D.C.).

Notes:

Special features: additional scenes ; interviews ; outtakes. Narrator, 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.

ISBN:

1608834301 ((set) :) :
9781608834303 ((set) :) :

UPC:

841887014335

Locations:

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)