

When We Rise
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.
Cast

Austin P. McKenzie
Young Cleve Jones

Emily Skeggs
Young Roma Guy

Jonathan Majors
Young Ken Jones

Fiona Dourif
Young Diane Jones

Rachel Griffiths
Diane Jones

Mary-Louise Parker
Roma Guy

Guy Pearce
Cleve Jones

Michael Kenneth Williams
Ken Jones

Ivory Aquino
Cecilia Chung

Debra Winger
Elena Kagan

David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Jones

Whoopi Goldberg
Pat Norman

Rosie O'Donnell
Del Martin
Seasons & Episodes

E1Part I
Feb 27, 2017
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.

E2Part II
Mar 1, 2017
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.

E3Part III
Mar 2, 2017
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.

E4Part IV
Mar 3, 2017
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.
Storyline
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.
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