When We Rise (2017)
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- Synopsis:
The drama series chronicles 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. Guy Pearce star as LGBT activist Cleve Jones, who joined the gay liberation movement in 1972 and was befriended by pioneer gay rights leader Harvey Milk. He founded the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and led the National March for Equality in 2009. Mary-Louise Parker play women's rights leader Roma Guy, who co-founded the San Francisco Women's Building, and as a public health commissioner worked with others to bring healthcare access to all San Franciscans. Griffiths will play her wife, social justice activist Diane (Rachel Griffiths), who joined the Women's Movement in the 1970s in San Francisco, co-founded the Women's Building and has worked as an HIV/AIDS nurse and social justice activist at San Francisco General Hospital for 33 years. Also cast are Austin McKenzie as the young Cleve Jones; Emily Skeggs the young Roma Guy; newcomer Jonathan Majors as the young Ken Jones; and Fiona Dourif as the young Diane. Still yet to be cast are the roles of African-American community organizer Ken Jones and transgender activist Cecelia Chung. - Actors:
- Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Griffiths, Ivory Aquino, Carrie Preston, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jonathan Majors, Austin P. McKenzie, Emily Skeggs, Douglas Smith, Sam Jaeger, Todd Weeks, Clair Farley, Vanessa Ross, Luis Jose Lopez, Phoebe Neidhardt, Gideon Adlon, Alika Autran, Jeremiah Birkett, Joshua Brockington
- Directors:
- Dustin Lance Black, Dee Rees, Thomas Schlamme, Gus Van Sant
- Producers:
- Tim Iacofano
- Writers:
- Dustin Lance Black
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, TV Dramas, TV Political
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