When We Rise

*When We Rise*
When We Rise
Genre	Docudrama
Created by	Dustin Lance Black
Written by	Dustin Lance Black
Directed by	Gus Van Sant; Dee Rees; Thomas Schlamme; Dustin Lance Black;
Starring	Guy Pearce; Mary-Louise Parker; Rachel Griffiths; Michael K. Williams; Austin P. McKenzie; Emily Skeggs; Jonathan Majors; Fiona Dourif; Whoopi Goldberg; Alexandra Grey; Phylicia Rashad;
Narrated by	(see sources)
Theme music composer	Chris Bacon; Danny Elfman;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Gus Van Sant; Dustin Lance Black; Laurence Mark; Bruce Cohen;
Running time	341 minutes
Production companies	Hungry Jackal Productions; Laurence Mark Productions; ABC Studios;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 27 –; March 3, 2017

When We Rise is an eight-part American docudrama miniseries about the history of LGBTQ rights advocacy in the United States from the 1970s to the 2010s. It was created by Dustin Lance Black and stars Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Kenneth Williams, Austin P. McKenzie, Emily Skeggs, Jonathan Majors, Fiona Dourif, and Sam Jaeger among 30 others. The miniseries premiered on ABC on February 27, 2017, with the rest of its episodes airing March 1 to 3.