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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Name: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Director: Jeffrey Friedman
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1989-12-01
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman

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.

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 pr… + more

Release Date

1989-12-01

Year

1989

Duration

1h 20m

Status

Released

Score

6.90

Genres

History Documentary

Production

#aids#hiv#lgbt#1980s

Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Narrator (voice)

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Sara Lewinstein

Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)

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David Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

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Suzi Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

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Sallie Perryman

Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)

Vito Russo

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

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Tracy Torrey

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

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Gregg Baker

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

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Gary Bauer

Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)

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Robert Bazell

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)