Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

1989-12-01 United States of America 80 Min. PG-13
7.2 17 votes

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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.

Cast

Dustin Hoffman is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein is Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell is Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell is Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman is Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo is Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey is Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker is Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer is Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Robert Bazell is Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Kevin Boyle is Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Edward Brandt is Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)

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