When We Rise (2017)

Directed by

Dee Rees, Thomas Schlamme, Gus Van Sant, Dustin Lance Black

Genre

docudrama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows a group of activists as they fight for LGBTQ rights in the United States over several decades. It shows their personal struggles and the changing social landscape from the 1970s into the 2010s.

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What happens

When We Rise is an eight-part American docudrama miniseries about the history of LGBTQ rights advocacy in the United States from the 1970s to the 2010s. It was created by Dustin Lance Black and stars Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Austin P. McKenzie, Emily Skeggs, Jonathan Majors, Fiona Dourif, and Sam Jaeger among 30 others. The miniseries premiered on ABC on February 27, 2017, with the rest of its episodes airing March 1 to 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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