Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Oct 7 1989 N/A 1h 19m
Biography, Documentary, History

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.

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Plot

This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather demonize them.

Written by

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin

Directed by

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast

Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Sandollar Productions, New Yorker Films

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins total

Trailers
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