Episode guide
When We Rise: Specials
9 episodes · first aired Mar 2, 2017
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- 1 When We Rise: The People Behind the Story Mar 2, 2017 · 1h 27m
- 2 Part I Feb 27, 2017 · 42m 1972: Three people—an Arizona peace activist named Cleve Jones, an African-American sailor Ken Jones in Vietnam, and a Boston women's activist Roma Guy—all move to San Francisco to join…
- 3 Part II Feb 27, 2017 · 42m Roma helps take a stand against the National Organization for Women's attempts to purge lesbians from their ranks. Ken comes to accept—and fight for—his sexuality. After struggling to find…
- 4 Part III Mar 1, 2017 · 42m 1978–79: Roma sees the establishment of The Women's Building. Harvey Milk runs for the Board of Supervisors against a backdrop of Anita Bryant's Moral Majority and John Briggs's statewide…
- 5 Part IV Mar 1, 2017 · 42m 1981: A new disease, initially named gay-related immune deficiency, starts spreading among gay men and drug users in San Francisco. Roma and Diane start a family.
- 6 Part V Mar 2, 2017 · 42m 1992: A decade after the advent of the AIDS Crisis, Cleve (now played by Guy Pearce) unveils the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington, D.C., and visits ACT UP in New York as…
- 7 Part VI Mar 2, 2017 · 42m 1997: Ken relies on Cecilia Chung's support as he struggles with addiction at a VA hospital. Cleve visits the Human Rights Campaign in D.C., where Richard Socarides lobbies for Bill…
- 8 Part VII Mar 3, 2017 · 42m 2008: As Barack Obama is elected president, California Proposition 8 revokes California's recently-acquired marriage equality, starting Cleve to help organise the National Equality March…
- 9 Part VIII Mar 3, 2017 · 42m 2009–13: Cleve takes the battle against Prop 8 through the federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court. Ken works with Cecilia Chung to get support for his church. Roma and Diane…