Prohibition | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Written by | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Directed by | Ken Burns Lynn Novick |
Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
Composer | Wynton Marsalis |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Producers | Sarah Botstein Lynn Novick Ken Burns |
Cinematography | Buddy Squires with: Allen Moore Stephen McCarthy |
Editors | Tricia Reidy Erik Ewers Ryan Gifford |
Running time | 5 1/2 hours |
Production companies | Florentine Films WETA Prohibition Film Project National Endowment for the Humanities |
Original release | |
Release | October 2 October 4, 2011 | –
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Prohibition is a 2011 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick with narration by Peter Coyote. The series originally aired on PBS between October 2, 2011 and October 4, 2011.[1] It was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It draws heavily from the 2010 book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent.[2]