Rise Up

Season 1

When society is broken and demands for social justice go unmet, some folks don't give up, they rise up.

British Miners
E1
British MinersThe British Miner’s Strike turned worker against worker and led to a bloody and deadly battle between mine workers and the British government.
The Arab Spring
E2
The Arab SpringCrushed under the weight of authoritarian dictatorships young Arabs across the Middle East stage protests calling for democracy and demanding their rulers relinquish power. The uprisings begin in Tunisia, sparked by one man's desperate act, and spread to Egypt and Syria, but the outcomes are very different.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
E3
The Fall of the Berlin WallThe story of how the world's most infamous wall went up - and came down.
The Yellow Vest Protest
E4
The Yellow Vest ProtestIn France, what starts as a protest over gas tax hike becomes a weekly exercise in violent protest.
Women's March
E5
Women's MarchThe massive protest that erupted on the streets of Washington DC and around the world on the day after the inauguration of President Trump in 2017.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement
E6
The Anti-Apartheid MovementIn South Africa a white minority government imposes Apartheid, an abhorrent racist system designed to keep them in power, and subjugate and control the native black population. Black South Africans protest and resist, the Anti Apartheid movement gains global support, and the call to free the eventual leader Nelson Mandela, becomes a global rallying cry.