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Prohibition

A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
  • Ken Burns
  • Lynn Novick
2011
WETA-TV/PBS

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New York, 1929, men pointing to a sign reading "No Booze Sold Here"
TV Review

Freedom From Liquor

Ken Burns’ account of prohibition tells a popular story of booze in America. The historical record is far more sobering.
by Mark Lawrence Schrad via Aeon on September 6, 2022
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