When We Rise (2017)

Name: When We Rise
Rating: 6.2

Rating: 6.2

Synopsis

The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.

First Air Date: 2017-02-27

Last Air Date: 2017-03-03

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Created By: Dustin Lance Black

Networks: ABC

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Top Cast

Austin P. McKenzie as Young Cleve Jones
Emily Skeggs as Young Roma Guy
Jonathan Majors as Young Ken Jones
Fiona Dourif as Young Diane Jones
Rachel Griffiths as Diane Jones
Mary-Louise Parker as Roma Guy
Guy Pearce as Cleve Jones
Michael Kenneth Williams as Ken Jones
Ivory Aquino as Cecilia Chung
Debra Winger as Elena Kagan

Seasons

None (2017)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Part I (2017-02-27)

A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix and heads to San Francisco, hoping to find refuge and community, but finds that the struggle for survival is just as difficult as it was back home. Elsewhere, NOW purges lesbians from its ranks.
Ep. 2: Part II (2017-03-01)

Ken, Cleve, and Roma fight an initiative that would ban gays from working in California public schools, while Cleve works on the campaign to elect Harvey Milk as San Francisco City Supervisor. But soon a disease starts killing gay men all over the country.
Ep. 3: Part III (2017-03-02)

AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man.
Ep. 4: Part IV (2017-03-03)

An energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to organize a march on Washington to demand full LGBTQ civil rights, while Roma uses her skills to reform healthcare in San Francisco. Elsewhere, a group forms to try overturning California's discriminatory proposition banning gay marriage.