Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

  • NR
  • 12/01/1989 (US)
  • History, Documentary
  • 1h 19m

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.

Jeffrey Friedman

Director, Writer

Rob Epstein

Director, Writer

Cindy Ruskin

Writer

Cast

Dustin Hoffman's headshot

Dustin Hoffman

Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein's headshot

Sara Lewinstein

Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell's headshot

David Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell's headshot

Suzi Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman's headshot

Sallie Perryman

Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo's headshot

Vito Russo

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey's headshot

Tracy Torrey

Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker's headshot

Gregg Baker

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

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