When We Rise, a compelling drama about the birth of the gay rights movement

By Michael Idato
Updated March 2 2017 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
When We Rise, based on Cleve Jones' memoir When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, about the birth of the gay rights movement in the aftermath of the Stonewall riots in 1969. Photo: PHIL BRAY
When We Rise, based on Cleve Jones' memoir When We Rise: My Life in the Movement, about the birth of the gay rights movement in the aftermath of the Stonewall riots in 1969. Photo: PHIL BRAY
When We Rise is an antidote to the social narrative of America today. Photo: Eike Schroter
When We Rise is an antidote to the social narrative of America today. Photo: Eike Schroter

For writer/director Dustin Lance Black, eight years is a long time. When the Oscar-winning writer tried to get his 2008 film Milk into development, he had to charge the development budget to his own credit card. "I couldn't get anyone to pick it up," he says.

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