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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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Feb 27, 2017 · The 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. Sure,...
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
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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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Jan 12, 2017 · When We Rise. The Gus Van Sant-directed pilot for Dustin Lance Black's ABC miniseries about the gay rights movement is accessible more than confrontational — and all the more important for it.
Whether it’s propping up characters a bit too high, or if it’s putting actors through scenes that don’t seem to be in their range, “When We Rise” is more than just a great idea for a mini-series. It’s a potent display of unity by storytellers who have an exciting affection for this vital piece of American history. Advertisement.
Feb 21, 2017 · When We Rise: EW review. TV. When We Rise challenges us to join the battle: EW review. Dustin Lance Black's mini-series about the gay rights movement resonates without trying too hard,...
Feb 26, 2017 · “When We Rise,” ABC’s sweeping four-night history of the gay rights movement, is a rebuttal. As a television drama, it often plays like a high-minded, dutiful educational video.
