Poster movie

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

History

Documentary

Lenguage:79 min

Duration:en

Release date:Dec 1, 1989

Calificacion:7.2

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
Dustin HoffmanNarrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein
Sara LewinsteinStoryteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell
David MandellStoryteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell
Suzi MandellStoryteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman
Sallie PerrymanStoryteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo
Vito RussoStoryteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey
Tracy TorreyStoryteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker
Gregg BakerSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer
Gary BauerSelf - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Robert Bazell
Robert BazellSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)

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