The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.

Peter Coyoteas Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Okrentas Self - Author
Pete Hamillas Self - Historian
Noah Feldmanas Self - Legal Scholar
Adam Arkinas Reader (voice)
Philip Boscoas Reader (voice)
Patricia Clarksonas Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
Kevin Conwayas Reader (voice)
Blythe Danneras Reader (voice)
Paul Giamattias Reader / George Remus (voice)
Geoffrey C. Ward
Wynton Marsalis