When We Rise

Name: When We Rise
Genre: Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
Released: February 27, 2017
Rating: 67

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When We Rise: Dustin Lance Black, Creator & Executive Producer, On The Show

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ABC | Release Date: February 27, 2017

Summary: The miniseries written and created by Dustin Lance Black focuses on the LGBT movement from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present with LGBT activist Cleve Jones (Guy Pearce); women’s rights leader Roma Guy (Mary-Louise Parker); her wife, social justice activist Diane Jones (Rachel Griffiths); African-American community organizer KenThe miniseries written and created by Dustin Lance Black focuses on the LGBT movement from its beginnings in the 1970s to the present with LGBT activist Cleve Jones (Guy Pearce); women’s rights leader Roma Guy (Mary-Louise Parker); her wife, social justice activist Diane Jones (Rachel Griffiths); African-American community organizer Ken Jones (Michael K. Williams); and transgender-activist Cecilia Chung (Ivory Aquino).… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

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S1:E8. Part VIII
Air Date: March 3, 2017
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S1:E7. Part VII
Air Date: March 3, 2017
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S1:E6. Part VI
Air Date: March 2, 2017

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Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Feb 24, 2017

Season 1 Review: When We Rise is an enriching, bonafide TV event of the first order and also powerful enough to change more than a few entrenched minds. Read full review

Lorraine Ali

Feb 27, 2017

Season 1 Review: Though the star power doesn’t arrive until the last two episodes, it’s the first half of When We Rise that is riveting. The early years are passionate and filled with urgency, mirroring the excitement and promise of an era still basking in the glow of the optimistic ’60s. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Feb 24, 2017

Season 1 Review: [The first two installments] are Rise's best, most concise episodes, yet even they try to do too much, falling prey to an "and then this happened" narrative, a slew of distracting (and often badly bewigged) cameos and a rushed pace that is particularly ill-suited to the segment on the AIDS crisis. Read full review

Verne Gay

Feb 27, 2017

Season 1 Review: Important television, but also wildly, maddeningly uneven TV, too. Read full review

Collider Chris Cabin

Feb 27, 2017

Season 1 Review: The drama grows more plainly mature in the last few volumes, but the sheer amount of what Lance Black and the creative team are biting off here ends up limiting just how knowledgeable, sincere, and convincing the series comes off as. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Feb 23, 2017

Season 1 Review: The narrative strains to fit in dramatic moments, but time restrictions squeeze out poignancy and power. And every episode hews to the blunt screenwriting aesthetic that defines most broadcast fare: heavy on exposition, and willing to sacrifice confusing or ambiguous emotional moments for the sake of clarity. Read full review

Dave Nemetz

Feb 21, 2017

Season 1 Review: It sets out to be the comprehensive historical record of gay rights in America, but its unwieldy structure and clumsy writing make it more of a footnote. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 27, 2017
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  S1:E8. Part VIII
  Air Date: March 3, 2017
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  S1:E7. Part VII
  Air Date: March 3, 2017
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  S1:E6. Part VI
  Air Date: March 2, 2017
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  S1:E5. Part V
  Air Date: March 2, 2017
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  S1:E4. Part IV
  Air Date: March 3, 2017
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  S1:E3. Part III
  Air Date: March 2, 2017
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  S1:E2. Part II
  Air Date: March 1, 2017
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  S1:E1. Part I
  Air Date: February 27, 2017