Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Prohibition [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.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, Calif. : PBS Home Video, [2011]

Description:

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

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Subjects:

Prohibition -- United States -- History.

Liquor laws -- United States -- History.

Prohibición alcohólica -- Estados Unidos -- Historia.

Bebidas alcohólicas -- Estados Unidos -- Historia.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

United States -- History -- 1919-1933.