Movie Description:
1) The Prohibition Years, Birthof the American Mafia When Congress outlawed the sale of alcoholin 1919, organized crime brokeout the booze and the guns. The Prohibition Years is a sobering look at how the the 18th Amendment gave rise to Jewish and Irish mafias-the ethnic gangsthat first cornered the lucrative bootleging market. It`sfollowed by Birth of the American Mafia, highlighting the arrival of the Italiansfrom sicily. When Al Capone andLucky Luciano tapped into theflow af hard liquor and coldcash, the new Italian mafia became murder on the competion.2) The Kennedys and the Mob The Kennedys and the Mob spans the decades from Prohibition to Camelot. Joe Kennedy-father of John and Bobby-was invovled in bootlegging in Boston and had a neat little arrangemnet with mobster Frank Costello. But his sons showed little repect for Dad`s formerbusiness associates, and once inside theWhite House, put major heat on the Mafia.
