Basic Info

First Air: February 27, 2017

Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (45 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 4

Last Episode

Name: Part IV

Season: 1, Episode: 4

Air Date: 2017-03-03

Runtime: 87 min

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.

Videos

WHEN WE RISE Season 1 TRAILER (2017) Gus van Sant abc Mini-Series (YouTube)

When We Rise

2017 1 seasons 4 episodes ⭐ 6.2/10 45 votes

Overview

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.