Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt(1989)

12/01/1989 (US)History, Documentary1h 20m

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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.

Rob Epstein

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

Director

Rob Epstein

Writer

Jeffrey Friedman

Writer

Cindy Ruskin

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Narrator (voice)

Sara Lewinstein

Sara Lewinstein

Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)

David Mandell

David Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

Suzi Mandell

Suzi Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

Sallie Perryman

Sallie Perryman

Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)

Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

Tracy Torrey

Tracy Torrey

Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)

Gregg Baker

Gregg Baker

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Gary Bauer

Gary Bauer

Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)

Robert Bazell

Robert Bazell

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Kevin Boyle

Kevin Boyle

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Edward Brandt

Edward Brandt

Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Bobbi Campbell

Bobbi Campbell

Self (archive footage)

David C. Campbell

David C. Campbell

Self (archive footage)

Marcus A. Conant

Marcus A. Conant

Self (archive footage)

James Curran

James Curran

Self - Center for Disease Control (archive footage)

Bolton Eckert

Bolton Eckert

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell

Self - Moral Majority Leader (archive footage)

Virginia Fedosky

Virginia Fedosky

Self (archive footage)

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