

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
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.
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 1, 1989
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
History, Documentary
User Score
72%
Original Title
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Production Companies
Sandollar Productions, New Yorker Films
Director
Rob Epstein
Description
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
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)
Crew
Trailer
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