When I heard that ABC was going to do an eight-hour miniseries about the gay rights movement – a sort of Roots for the gays – I was shocked. Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for writing Milk, was shocked, too, when he found out ABC was asking for LGBT-themed pitches. But he went…
When We Rise, the recent mini-series covering the LGBT civil rights movement should have been entitled The Cleve Jones Story but then even fewer people would have watched. Jones has been a figure in several events during the struggle for LGBT rights, but as with any autobiographical work, the author has an inability to really…
ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos Last night on “Nightline,” ABC News’ Elizabeth Vargas interviewed “When We Rise” executive producer Dustin Lance Black as well as cast members Mary-Louise Parker, Ivory Aquino and Charles Socarides. “When We Rise,” chronicles 40 years of the LGBT community’s struggle. The show’s cast includes Rosie O’Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg…
