Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt - 1989

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.

79min
1989
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating8.1/10

Cast

Dustin Hoffman profile pictureDustin HoffmanNarrator (voice)
Vito Russo profile pictureVito RussoStoryteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tom Brokaw profile pictureTom BrokawSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bryant Gumbel profile pictureBryant GumbelSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
Rock Hudson profile pictureRock HudsonSelf (archive footage)
Larry Kramer profile pictureLarry KramerSelf (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy profile pictureEddie MurphySelf (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan profile pictureRonald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor profile pictureElizabeth TaylorSelf - Introduction Speaker

About Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 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.

Runtime: 79min

Extra details

Original Title: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Original Language: English
Directed By: Jeffrey Friedman
Production Companies
Sandollar ProductionsNew Yorker Films