When We Rise

Created by Dustin Lance Black

On ABC

A four-hour historical drama following LGBT pioneers through decades of civil rights struggle, balancing personal intimacy with political urgency and grounded in the hard-won hope of incremental progress.

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.