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- Nobler for its ambitions than execution, “When We Rise” is a sweeping, decades-spinning miniseries that seeks to chart the evolution of the gay-rights movement. Yet while the project offers a timely window into history, a surplus of characters and shifting perspectives tend to dilute its focus.
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T he specific sort of thing that ABC’s When We Rise is—the sprawling and lavishly emotional broadcast-TV miniseries—feels like a dispatch from a different age.
When We Rise: Created by Dustin Lance Black. With Rachel Griffiths, Austin P. McKenzie, Mary-Louise Parker, Emily Skeggs. A chronicled re-telling of the gay rights movement in the United States, beginning with the Stonewall riots in 1969.
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- 2017-02-27
- Drama
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82% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 79% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Academy-Award winner Dustin Lance Black executive produces this miniseries chronicling the real-life personal and political struggles ...
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- February 27, 2017
- Guy Pearce
Feb 27, 2017 · When We Rise is the most impactful LGBT-centric series since HBO's "Angels in America" more than a decade ago. Sure, it's a small playing field, but a notable one given the challenges of...
Jan 12, 2017 · ‘When We Rise’: TV Review | Palm Springs 2017. The Gus Van Sant-directed pilot for Dustin Lance Black's ABC miniseries about the gay rights movement is accessible more than confrontational —...
Based on the memoirs of LGBT activist Cleve Jones, When We Rise chronicles the personal and political struggles, set-backs, and triumphs of a diverse group of LGBTQ+ individuals who helped pioneer a portion of the civil rights movement from its infancy in the 20th century to the successes of today.
Feb 27, 2017 · There’s a revolution itself within the ABC mini-series “When We Rise." It seeks to share with a primetime, non-cable, mass audience the story of the gay civil rights movement across decades, which includes a center-stage depiction of the LGBTQ community and their activism, love and struggles.
