Rise Up

Name: Rise Up
Released: 2020-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

When society is broken and demands for social justice go unmet, some folks don't give up or shut up.They rise up. See what happens when regular people take to the streets to change the world.

2020 · 45m

EPISODE 1

British Miners

The British Miner's Strike turned worker against worker and led to a bloody and deadly battle between mine workers and the British government.
EPISODE 2

Arab Spring

By lighting himself on fire in protest, one vendor in Tunisia launched the Arab Spring that toppled authoritarian governments across the Middle East.
EPISODE 3

Berlin Wall

The tearing down of the Berlin Wall by German citizens does what two superpowers had been able to accomplish -- end the Cold War.
EPISODE 4

Yellow Vest

The government tax on diesel fuel sparked French citizens to don yellow roadside emergency vests and take over the most famous street in the world for fiery protests.
EPISODE 5

Women's March

Donald Trump's inauguration was met with women from across the country marching on Washington in the largest single-day protest in American history.
EPISODE 6

Apartheid

Apartheid, racial segregation in South Africa that survived despite worldwide condemnation, would prove no match for black and white citizens rising up to end it.