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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989 | 79m | English

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Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writer: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin
Staring:
Dustin Hoffman Sara Lewinstein David Mandell Suzi Mandell Sallie Perryman Vito Russo
Details
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.
Release Date: Dec 01, 1989
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Writer: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin
Genres: History, Documentary
Keywords aids, hiv, lgbt, 1980s
Production Companies New Yorker Films, Sandollar Productions
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update)
Entered: Apr 27, 2024
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Common Threads: Stories From The Quilt | Full Documentary Movie
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Full Credits
Name Character
Dustin Hoffman Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Robert Bazell Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Kevin Boyle Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Edward Brandt Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bobbi Campbell Self (archive footage)
David C. Campbell Self (archive footage)
Marcus A. Conant Self (archive footage)
James Curran Self - Center for Disease Control (archive footage)
Bolton Eckert Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Jerry Falwell Self - Moral Majority Leader (archive footage)
Virginia Fedosky Self (archive footage)
Emil Guillermo Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bryant Gumbel Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Tim Haas Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Robert Hager Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Charles Howard Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson Self (archive footage)
Cleve Jones Self
C. Everett Koop Self - Surgeon General (archive footage)
Larry Kramer Self (archive footage)
Roger Gail Lyon Self (archive footage)
David Mandell Jr. Self (archive footage)
Kevin McCullough Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Andrea Mitchell Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy Self (archive footage)
Mark Ostfield Self (archive footage)
Marcia Pally Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
John Palmer Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Hampton Pearson Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Robert Perryman Self (archive footage)
John Politano Self
Josie Politano Self
Randy Ray Self (archive footage)
Robert Ray Self (archive footage)
Ricky Ray Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage)
Neil Schram Self - Los Angeles AIDS Task Force (archive footage)
Heidi Schulman Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Jeffrey Sevcik Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor Self - Introduction Speaker
Tom Waddell Self (archive footage)
Gary Walsh Self (archive footage)
James Watkins Self - Presidential AIDS Commission (archive footage)
Linda Yee Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Name Job
Rob Epstein Editor, Writer, Director
Bobby McFerrin Original Music Composer
Jeffrey Friedman Director, Editor, Writer
Jean de Segonzac Director of Photography
Cindy Ruskin Writer
Dyanna Taylor Director of Photography
Lynn Johnston Still Photographer
Name Title
Rob Epstein Producer
Jeffrey Friedman Producer
Howard Rosenman Executive Producer
Sandy Gallin Executive Producer
Bill Couturié Producer
Organization Category Person
Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature N/A Nominated
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