When We Rise: The Epic Mini-Series Premieres February 27 on ABC!
When We Rise" was written and created by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. This mini-series event chronicles the real-life 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. Starring in the mini-series are Guy Pearce ("Memento," "L.A. Confidential" as LGBT activist Cleve Jones, Mary-Louise Parker ("Weeds," "Angels in America" as women's rights leader Roma Guy, Rachel Griffiths ("Brothers and Sisters," "Six Feet Under" as her wife, social justice activist Diane, Michael K. Williams ("Boardwalk Empire,""The Wire" as African-American community organizer Ken Jones and Ivory Aquino as transgender-activist Cecilia Chung. Get your first look here and see the full air schedule below!
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ABC Shifts When We Rise Airdate to Accommodate Trump Congressional Address
Dustin Lance Blacks eight-hour paean to the LGBT civil rights movement, When We Rise, was initially supposed to air over four straight nights, from Monday, Feb. 27, through Thursday, Mar. 2. Thanks to a recently scheduled Congressional address by newly-minted President Donald Trump, ABC has had to modify those plans. It will take a break on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to air said address, thereby pushing the next three installments of When We Rise by a day.
Theres an element of irony to the move, given that the airtime will be devoted to Trump addressing members of Congress who are mulling the reintroduction of a bill that would curb the ability of the federal government to penalize discrimination against LGBTQ or unmarried citizens, categorizing such discrimination as free speech protected by the First Amendment. Trumps nominee for Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Sessions, has already voiced his support of this bill.
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