Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Narrator (voice)

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Sara Lewinstein

Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)

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David Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

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Suzi Mandell

Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)

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Sallie Perryman

Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)

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Vito Russo

Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

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Tracy Torrey

Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)

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Gregg Baker

Self - News Reporter (archive footage)

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
Sound	Original Music Composer	Bobby McFerrin
Camera	Still Photographer	Lynn Johnston
	Director of Photography	Jean de Segonzac Dyanna Taylor
Writing	Writer	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman Cindy Ruskin
Editing	Editor	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
Production	Producer	Bill Couturié Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
	Executive Producer	Sandy Gallin Howard Rosenman
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