TV Show
When We Rise (2017)
Drama
Story
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.
Creator: Dustin Lance Black Starring: Austin P. McKenzie, Emily Skeggs, Jonathan Majors, Fiona Dourif
When We Rise Cast
- Austin P. McKenzie as Young Cleve Jones
- Emily Skeggs as Young Roma Guy
- Jonathan Majors as Young Ken Jones
- Fiona Dourif as Young Diane Jones
- Rachel Griffiths as Diane Jones
- Mary-Louise Parker as Roma Guy
- Guy Pearce as Cleve Jones
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Ken Jones
- Ivory Aquino as Cecilia Chung
- Debra Winger as Elena Kagan
- David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Jones
- Whoopi Goldberg as Pat Norman