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DUSTIN LANCE BLACK (DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

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UCLA alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black wrote and directed “When We Rise,” an ABC docu-drama miniseries that follows a group of real-life members of the LGBTQ community from the 1970s onwards. (Eike Schroter/ABC)

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Q&amp;A: Alum, creator of series &#039;When We Rise&#039; talks importance of LGBTQ history - Daily Bruin

Q&#038;A: Alum, creator of series &#8216;When We Rise&#8217; talks importance of LGBTQ history

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The “we” in “When We Rise” is the most crucial part of the TV show’s title. It speaks to the idea that historically underrepresented groups are strongest when they join together and fight as a united coalition, said Dustin Lance Black, the show’s writer and creator.

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Q&A: Alum, creator of series ‘When We Rise’ talks importance of LGBTQ history

By Olivia Mazzucato

Feb. 28, 2017 12:10 a.m.