When We Rise

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Release Date

2/27/2017

Runtime

4 eps, 348 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

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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Ended

Original Language

English

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A sweeping chronicle of the gay rights movement told through the intertwined lives of ordinary people who refused to accept extraordinary injustice. It's both a testament to hard-won progress and an unflinching look at the cost paid to achieve it.