Seasons
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.
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.
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.
WHEN WE RISE Season 1 TRAILER (2017) Gus van Sant abc Mini-Series
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Description
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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CastAustin P. McKenzieEmily SkeggsJonathan MajorsFiona DourifRachel GriffithsMary-Louise ParkerGuy PearceMichael Kenneth WilliamsIvory AquinoDebra WingerDavid Hyde PierceWhoopi GoldbergRosie O'Donnell
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Channel
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Premiere DateFebruary 27, 2017
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Rating6.2 (45)
