New documentary series on Prohibition features Kirkland bootlegger’s son

A new documentary series on the 1920s Prohibition era features a Kirkland man whose father was a bootlegger.

September 30, 2011 3:15 pm
A documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise
A documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise

A new documentary series on the 1920s Prohibition era features a Kirkland man whose father was a bootlegger.

The miniseries “Prohibition” by filmmaker Ken Burns and co-director Lynn Novick premieres at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 on PBS.

According to Seattle Met, the documentary features a Kirkland man whose “rum-running father never forgot his strangely scrupulous boss.”

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Edwin Hunt’s father worked as chief lieutenant to a cop named Roy Olmstead, also known as the “Good Bootlegger.”

Authorities indicted Olmstead and 20 other men – including Hunt’s father – in 1927, according to the article.

The three-part series, which begins at 8 p.m. Oct. 2-4, features “A Nation of Drunkards,” “A Nation of Scofflaws” and “A Nation of Hypocrites.” For more information about the documentary and the story of Prohibition in the Northwest, including a map of historic Puget Sound speakeasies, visit KCTS9.org/prohibition.