When We Rise
Creator
Dustin Lance Black
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.
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Country
United States of America
Status
Ended
Cast
Austin P. McKenzie
Young Cleve Jones · 4 eps
Emily Skeggs
Young Roma Guy · 4 eps
Whoopi Goldberg
Pat Norman · 4 eps
Guy Pearce
Cleve Jones · 4 eps
Mary-Louise Parker
Roma Guy · 4 eps
Fiona Dourif
Young Diane Jones · 4 eps
Debra Winger
Elena Kagan · 4 eps
Rachel Griffiths
Diane Jones · 4 eps
David Hyde Pierce
Dr. Jones · 4 eps
Michael Kenneth Williams
Ken Jones · 4 eps
Rosie O'Donnell
Del Martin · 4 eps
Jonathan Majors
Young Ken Jones · 4 eps
Ivory Aquino
Cecilia Chung · 4 eps
Douglas Smith
Young Man · 3 eps
Adam DiMarco
Marvin Feldman · 2 eps
Charles Socarides
Richard Socarides · 2 eps
Pauley Perrette
Robin · 1 eps
Walter Mack
Carole Midgen Supporter (uncredited) · 2 eps
Balthazar Getty
David · 1 eps
Charlie Carver
Michael Smith · 1 eps
Willam Belli
Jason Snyder · 1 eps
Jazzmun
Bobbi Jean Baker · 1 eps
Daniel Arnold
Jake · 1 eps
Murry Peeters
Black Lesbian (uncredited) · 1 eps
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1
Part I
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.
2
Part II
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.
3
Part III
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.
4
Part IV
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.
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