Film
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989 · 1h 20m · History · Documentary
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Overview
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people. Alongside the intimate profiles offered, through news footage and interviews, Epstein puts the AIDS crisis in the larger context of social and government response to the disease.
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Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein
Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman
Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey
Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer
Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Robert Bazell
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Kevin Boyle
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Edward Brandt
Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bobbi Campbell
Self (archive footage)
David C. Campbell
Self (archive footage)
Marcus A. Conant
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Rob EpsteinDirector · Writer · Editor · Producer
- Jeffrey FriedmanDirector · Writer · Editor · Producer
- Cindy RuskinWriter
- Bill CouturiéProducer
- Sandy GallinExecutive Producer
- Howard RosenmanExecutive Producer
- Jean de SegonzacDirector of Photography
- Dyanna TaylorDirector of Photography
- Bobby McFerrinOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 1, 1989
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- History, Documentary
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