Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
First aired on Dec 1, 1989
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Genres: History, Documentary
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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
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)
Featured Crew
Rob Epstein | Director
Jeffrey Friedman | Director
Rob Epstein | Writer
Jeffrey Friedman | Writer
Cindy Ruskin | Writer
Jean de Segonzac | Director of Photography
