When We Rise
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| When We Rise | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Dustin Lance Black |
| Written by | Dustin Lance Black |
| Directed by | Gus Van Sant Dee Rees Thomas Schlamme Dustin Lance Black |
| Starring | Guy Pearce Mary-Louise Parker Rachel Griffiths Carrie Preston Michael Kenneth Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gus Van Sant (executive) Dustin Lance Black (executive) Laurence Mark (executive) Bruce Cohen (executive) |
| Running time | Approx. 8 hours |
| Production company(s) | ABC Studios |
| Distributor | Disney-ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| External links | |
| Website | |
When We Rise is an upcoming American miniseries written by Dustin Lance Black.
When We Rise chronicles the personal and political struggles, set-backs 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.[1]
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.
Cast
- Guy Pearce as Cleve Jones, LGBT activist[2]
- Mary-Louise Parker as Roma Guy, women's right activist[2]
- Rachel Griffiths as Diane, Roma's wife[2]
- Carrie Preston as Sally Gearhart[3]
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Ken Jones, African-American community organizer[2]
- Ivory Aquino as Cecilia Chung, transgender activist[2]
- Kevin McHale as Bobbi Campbell, AIDS activist[2]
- Dylan Walsh as Dr. Marcus Conant, pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS[2]
- Rafael de la Fuente as Ricardo, Cleve's partner[2]
- Austin P. McKenzie as young Cleve Jones[2]
- Emily Skeggs as young Roma Guy[2]
- Jonathan Majors as young Ken Jones[2]
- Fiona Dourif as young Diane[2]
- Whoopi Goldberg as Pat Norman, the first openly gay employee of the San Francisco Health Department[2]
- Rosie O'Donnell as Del Martin, co-founder of the first lesbian organization in the country[2]
- Denis O'Hare as Jim Foster, an openly gay Democratic party organizer[2]
- David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Jones, Cleve's father[2]
