Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
Synopsis
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: 1989-12-01
Runtime: 80 minutes
Director: Rob Epstein
Top Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Narrator (voice)
- Sara Lewinstein as Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
- David Mandell as Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
- Suzi Mandell as Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
- Sallie Perryman as Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
- Vito Russo as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
- Tracy Torrey as Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
- Gregg Baker as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
- Gary Bauer as Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
- Robert Bazell as Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s):
Trailers & Videos
Images & Backdrops
Posters
