Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (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.

Released

1989-12-01

Genres

History, Documentary

Runtime

80 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

TMDB rating

6.9/10 from 19 votes