Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
IMDB:
6.9
Released
12/1/1989
Duration
1h 20m
Genre
History, Documentary
Country
United States of America
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell
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.
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
IMDB:
6.9Released
12/1/1989
Genre
History, Documentary
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell
Duration
1h 20m
Country
United States of America
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.
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
Sara Lewinstein
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
David Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Sallie Perryman
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Vito Russo
Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Tracy Torrey
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gregg Baker
Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Gary Bauer
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Robert Bazell
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Kevin Boyle
Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
