A fascinating story that goes beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers and speakeasies to raise profound questions about the proper role of government, individual rights and responsibilities, Ken Burns: Prohibition delves deep into how a society founded on individual freedom became a nation of scofflaws and hypocrites. Told through expert interviews, vintage footage and compelling images, the five-and-a-half hour film explores how the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution paradoxically caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality.
Bonus Scenes:In the StudioOwled, Edged, Jingled, Piffed...Kentucky BourbonAnd I Caught HellHe Never Did Get CaughtSan Francisco Welcomes Visitors From Italy, 1921Hoover's Medicine Ball CabinetAn Object of RidiculeTen Nights in a Bar RoomInterview Outtakes:SaloonsThe Notion That Man Is PerfectableIt's Better to Know the JudgeThat's Just the Way Life WasRebels of New YorkSomebody Got a PineappleKentuckyCaponeRoy OlmsteadTabloid HeroesYou People Were ThirstyGangsBad BoozeLessons
Ken Burns: Prohibition is available October 4th on Blu-ray and DVD.
