About Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
- Released on December 01, 1989
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.
Full Cast of Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Dustin Hoffman plays Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein plays Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell plays Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Suzi Mandell plays Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman plays Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo plays Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey plays Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer plays Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Robert Bazell plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Kevin Boyle plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Edward Brandt plays Self - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bobbi Campbell plays Self (archive footage)
David C. Campbell plays Self (archive footage)
Marcus A. Conant plays Self (archive footage)
James Curran plays Self - Center for Disease Control (archive footage)
Bolton Eckert plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Jerry Falwell plays Self - Moral Majority Leader (archive footage)
Virginia Fedosky plays Self (archive footage)
Emil Guillermo plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Bryant Gumbel plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Tim Haas plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Robert Hager plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Charles Howard plays Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson plays Self (archive footage)
Cleve Jones plays Self
C. Everett Koop plays Self - Surgeon General (archive footage)
Larry Kramer plays Self (archive footage)
Roger Gail Lyon plays Self (archive footage)
David Mandell Jr. plays Self (archive footage)
Kevin McCullough plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Andrea Mitchell plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy plays Self (archive footage)
Mark Ostfield plays Self (archive footage)
Marcia Pally plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
John Palmer plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Hampton Pearson plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Robert Perryman plays Self (archive footage)
John Politano plays Self
Josie Politano plays Self
Randy Ray plays Self (archive footage)
Robert Ray plays Self (archive footage)
Ricky Ray plays Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan plays Self (archive footage)
Neil Schram plays Self - Los Angeles AIDS Task Force (archive footage)
Heidi Schulman plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Jeffrey Sevcik plays Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor plays Self - Introduction Speaker
Tom Waddell plays Self (archive footage)
Gary Walsh plays Self (archive footage)
James Watkins plays Self - Presidential AIDS Commission (archive footage)
Linda Yee plays Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Crew of Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Production
Directing
Editing
Writing
Sound
Camera
- 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