When We Rise

Name: When We Rise
Released: 2017-02-27
Rating: 6.272

2017 · 43m · TMDB 6.3/10 (46 votes)

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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About 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.

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.

Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 6.3/10 from 46 votes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 1

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S1 E1Feb 27, 201787 min

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.

TMDB 6.8/10 from 4 votes

S1 E2Mar 1, 201787 min

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.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 4 votes

S1 E3Mar 2, 201787 min

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.

TMDB 6.5/10 from 4 votes

S1 E4Mar 3, 201787 min

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.

TMDB 5.7/10 from 3 votes