Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989, English. Directed by Jeffrey Friedman & Rob Epstein.
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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- 1h 20m
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Cast & crew
- Jeffrey FriedmanDirector
- Rob EpsteinDirector
- 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)
Details
- Released
- 1 December 1989
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt is streaming on Criterion Channel and Kino Film Collection in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, try How to Survive a Plague, Paris Is Burning, The Celluloid Closet.
Who directed Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt?
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) was directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein and stars Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell.