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Prohibition, season 1 episode 2, is available to watch and stream on pbs. Prohibition bluray, prohibition, directed by ken burns and lynn novick, tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the 18th amendment to the u. Ken burns is the kind of documentarian i respect and whose finished work is always right on the money. Go beyond the ofttold tales of gangsters, rumrunners, flappers and speakeasies to experience the rise, rule and fall of the 18th amendment to the u. Ken burns pbs documentaries leaving netflix in february. Prohibition bluray,prohibition, directed by ken burns and lynn novick, tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the 18th amendment to the u. From pbs support for prohibition diminishes in the mid1920s as the playfulness of sneaking around for a drink gives way to disenchantment with its glaring unintended consequences.
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