Name: Rise
Rating: 6.0

Synopsis

We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.

First Air Date: 2017-01-27

Last Air Date: 2017-03-10

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Networks: Viceland

No overview available for this season.

Ep. 1: Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I (2017-01-27)

The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.
Ep. 2: Red Power: Standing Rock Part II (2017-01-27)

Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Ep. 3: Apache Stronghold (2017-02-03)

The Apache's most sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.
Ep. 4: MMA Warriors (2017-02-10)

Young Navajo fighters who engage in mixed-martial arts in order to combat alcoholism, racism and violence are spotlighted.
Ep. 5: The Urban Rez (2017-02-17)

An urban reservation in Canada aims to fight poverty, crime and violence against girls and women.
Ep. 6: Hawaiian Sovereignty (2017-02-24)

Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea.
Ep. 7: Poisoned River (2017-03-03)

The Krenak People fight to survive a toxic spill that has contaminated their river.
Ep. 8: Warriors Rising (2017-03-10)

Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.