When We Rise

When We Rise Information

When We Rise is an upcoming American docudrama miniseries written by Dustin Lance Black.

When We Rise chronicles the personal and political struggles, set-backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBTQ people who helped pioneer an offshoot of the 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 modern gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall riots in 1969.

The series will be eight hours long in seven parts with Gus Van Sant directing the first two-hour part with Dee Rees directing parts two and three, Thomas Schlamme parts four and five, and Black parts six and seven. The series is partially inspired by LGBT activist Cleve Jones's memoir When We Rise: My Life in the Movement. Van Sant and Black previously collaborated on Milk, which likewise featured Jones as a major character.

The series will premiere on ABC on February 27, 2017 at 9 p.m. Originally scheduled to air nightly until March 2, the scheduling was later shifted to accommodate live coverage of the address to a joint session of Congress by President Donald Trump on February 28; the first episode remains scheduled to air on February 27, with the remaining three episodes airing from March 1 to March 3.

The first episode of the series received an advance preview screening at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January 2017.

Cast

Guy Pearce as Cleve Jones, LGBT activist
Mary-Louise Parker as Roma Guy, women's rights activist
Rachel Griffiths as Diane, Roma's wife
Carrie Preston as Sally Gearhart
Michael K. Williams as Ken Jones, African-American community organizer
Ivory Aquino as Cecilia Chung, transgender activist
Kevin McHale as Bobbi Campbell, AIDS activist
Dylan Walsh as Dr. Marcus Conant, pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS
Rafael de la Fuente as Ricardo, Cleve's partner
Austin P. McKenzie as young Cleve Jones
Emily Skeggs as young Roma Guy
Jonathan Majors as young Ken Jones
Fiona Dourif as young Diane
Whoopi Goldberg as Pat Norman, the first openly gay employee of the San Francisco Health Department
Rosie O'Donnell as Del Martin, co-founder of the first lesbian organization in the country
Denis O'Hare as Jim Foster, an openly gay Democratic party organizer
David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Jones, Cleve's father
TR Knight as Chad Griffin
Todd Weeks as Tom Ammiano
Matthew Del Negro as Gavin Newsom
Alexandra Grey as Seville
Willam Belli as Jason
Richard Schiff as Judge Vaughn Walker
Charlie Carver as Michael
Rob Reiner
Pauley Perrette
William Sadler
Phylicia Rashad
Mary McCormack
Arliss Howard
Henry Czerny
Balthazar Getty

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