Rise Up: Protests that Changed the World

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

Documentary

Seasons

1. The British Miners' Strike

Air Date: 2020-11-15

The 1984 British Miner's Strike would be largest worker's movement Great Britain has ever seen. And one of the most devastating

2. The Anti-Apartheid Movement

Air Date: 2020-11-22

A riveting dive into the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa and around the globe.

3. The Berlin Wall

Air Date: 2020-11-29

The story of how the world's most infamous Wall went up - and came down.

4. The Women's March

Air Date: 2020-12-06

The 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 ...would shake the world.

5. The Yellow Vest Movement

Air Date: 2020-12-13

In France, what starts as a protest over gas tax hike becomes a weekly exercise in violent protest. What do the Yellow Vests want? And how will they get it?

6. The Arab Spring

Air Date: 2020-12-20

The story of the 2011 Arab Spring protests that led to three very different outcomes in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria.

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Release Date

2020-11-15

Episodes

6 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

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Production Companies

ITN Productions

VICE Media