When We Rise: Season 1

2017

Created by Dustin Lance Black
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4 episodes
Drama

The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer... More

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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Where to watch When We Rise: Season 1

When We Rise: Season 1 is available to stream in... More New Zealand now on Disney+.

When We Rise: Season 1 episodes

Part I

A young peace activist escapes his repressive life in Phoenix... More 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.

Part II

Ken, Cleve, and Roma fight an initiative that would ban... More 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.

Part III

AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the... More 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.

Part IV

An energized Cleve inspires a group of young activists to... More 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.