Documentarian Ken Burns hits the mark while discussing his new PBS series on Prohibition:
“Slavery was our worst idea,” says legendary documentarian Ken Burns. “I’m not sure that Prohibition was second, but it’s really right up there.”
Burns talks to Reason.tv’s Nick Gillespie about his new PBS film, animals in-depth look at one of the most controversial episodes in U.S. history.
“The Noble Experiment,” notes Burns, left a legacy of organized crime, moral hypocrisy, single-issue politics, and unintended consequences from which we’re still recovering.