When We Rise
Premiered Date
February 27, 2017
Genre
Drama
Network
ABC
Cast
Whoopi Goldberg,
Kevin McHale,
Rosie O'Donnell,
Rafael de la Fuente,
Michael Kenneth Williams,
Mary-Louise Parker,
Guy Pearce,
Fiona Dourif,
Denis O'Hare,
Austin McKenzie,
Maddie Corman,
David Hyde Pierce,
Dylan Arnold,
Nick Eversman,
Dylan Walsh,
Rachel Griffiths,
Carrie Preston,
Jack Plotnick,
Caitlin Gerard
About When We Rise
About
Docudrama and miniseries about the LGBT activists that shaped the U.S. civil rights movement. Gus Van Sant directed the first two episodes.
Trivia
The show was created by Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award winning screenwriter of Milk. Danny Elfman composed some of the music for the series.