Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Directed by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
1989    80mDocumentary, Biography,
8.1100%89%6.9
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.

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Cast of Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

  • Dustin HoffmanNarrator (voice)
  • Sara LewinsteinStoryteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
  • David MandellStoryteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
  • Suzi MandellStoryteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
  • Sallie PerrymanStoryteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
  • Vito RussoStoryteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
  • Tracy TorreyStoryteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
  • Gregg BakerSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
  • Gary BauerSelf - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
  • Robert BazellSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
  • Kevin BoyleSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
  • Edward BrandtSelf - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
  • Tom BrokawSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
  • Bobbi CampbellSelf (archive footage)
  • David C. CampbellSelf (archive footage)
  • Marcus A. ConantSelf (archive footage)
  • James CurranSelf - Center for Disease Control (archive footage)
  • Bolton EckertSelf - News Reporter (archive footage)
  • Jerry FalwellSelf - Moral Majority Leader (archive footage)
  • Virginia FedoskySelf (archive footage)

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