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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

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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.

Date: 12/01/1989
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman, Vito Russo, Tracy Torrey, Gregg Baker, Gary Bauer, Robert Bazell, Kevin Boyle, Edward Brandt, Tom Brokaw, Bobbi Campbell, David C. Campbell, Marcus A. Conant, James Curran, Bolton Eckert, Jerry Falwell, Virginia Fedosky, Emil Guillermo, Bryant Gumbel, Tim Haas, Robert Hager, Charles Howard, Rock Hudson, Cleve Jones, C. Everett Koop, Larry Kramer, Roger Gail Lyon, David Mandell Jr., Kevin McCullough, Andrea Mitchell, Eddie Murphy, Mark Ostfield, Marcia Pally, John Palmer, Hampton Pearson, Robert Perryman, John Politano, Josie Politano, Randy Ray, Robert Ray, Ricky Ray, Ronald Reagan, Neil Schram, Heidi Schulman, Jeffrey Sevcik, Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Waddell, Gary Walsh, James Watkins, Linda Yee

Dustin Hoffman as Narrator (voice) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Dustin Hoffman

Sara Lewinstein

David Mandell

Suzi Mandell

Sallie Perryman

Vito Russo as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Vito Russo

Tracy Torrey

Gregg Baker

Gary Bauer

Robert Bazell

Kevin Boyle

Edward Brandt

Tom Brokaw as Self - News Reporter (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Tom Brokaw

Bobbi Campbell

David C. Campbell

Marcus A. Conant

James Curran

Bolton Eckert

Jerry Falwell

Virginia Fedosky

Emil Guillermo

Bryant Gumbel as Self - News Reporter (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Bryant Gumbel

Tim Haas

Robert Hager

Charles Howard

Rock Hudson as Self (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Rock Hudson

Cleve Jones as Self in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Cleve Jones

C. Everett Koop

Larry Kramer as Self (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Larry Kramer

Roger Gail Lyon

David Mandell Jr.

Kevin McCullough

Andrea Mitchell as Self - News Reporter (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Andrea Mitchell

Eddie Murphy as Self (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Eddie Murphy

Mark Ostfield

Marcia Pally

John Palmer

Hampton Pearson

Robert Perryman

John Politano

Josie Politano

Randy Ray

Robert Ray

Ricky Ray

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage) in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Ronald Reagan

Neil Schram

Heidi Schulman

Jeffrey Sevcik

Elizabeth Taylor as Self - Introduction Speaker in Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Elizabeth Taylor

Tom Waddell

Gary Walsh

James Watkins

Linda Yee

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