PROHIBITION - signed DVD

Item Number: 122
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
PROHIBTION directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is a five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
The story of Prohibition's rise and fall is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers, and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation. The film raises vital questions that are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago – about means and ends, individual rights and responsibilities, the proper role of government and finally, who is — and who is not — a real American.
Special Instructions
The DVD is signed by director Lynn Novick who has been making acclaimed documentary films about American history for more than twenty years. Since the late 1990s, she has been directing/producing partner of filmmaker Ken Burns. Their most recent collaboration, PROHIBITION, aired as a three part, five and a half hour series on PBS this fall.