Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Release date : December 1, 1989
Runtime : 1h 19m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : Rob Epstein / Jeffrey Friedman /
Production companies : Sandollar Productions / New Yorker Films /
December 1, 1989 1h 19m United States of America History English More
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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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Dustin Hoffman
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Sara Lewinstein
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David Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman
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Vito Russo
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey
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Gregg Baker
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Gary Bauer
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Robert Bazell
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Kevin Boyle
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Edward Brandt
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Tom Brokaw
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Bobbi Campbell
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David C. Campbell
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Marcus A. Conant
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James Curran
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Bolton Eckert
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  • title:Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1989
  • Runtime:1h 19m
  • Genres: History · Documentary ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Rob Epstein / Jeffrey Friedman /
  • Writers: Rob Epstein · Jeffrey Friedman · Cindy Ruskin ·
  • Production companies: Sandollar Productions · New Yorker Films ·
  • 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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