The Prohibition Era, Vol. 3: The Road to Repeal

This three-part series examines the period leading up to the Prohibition era, the wild years of illegal bootlegging that began once the 18th Amendment was passed, before America's dawning awareness that the law had to be repealed to diminish organized crime. This volume looks at the Chicago gangsters who ruled that city with money that flowed in from their illegal liquor sales. Gang violence escalated during Prohibition, culminating in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929. Viewers will hear jazz musicians and others talk about what it was like to live and work during those wild days. ~ Elizabeth Smith, All Movie Guide