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PBS Previews | Prohibition

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick discuss their film, Prohibition.

A Nation of Scofflaws

In 1920, Prohibition goes into effect and millions of citizens become lawbreakers.

A Nation of Drunkards

PROHIBITION tells the story of the rise and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment.

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