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Rob Epstein (writer)
Jeffrey Friedman (writer)
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A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 3 wins more
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25 Docu filmmakers get funding from Sundance Institute
(From ioncinema. 8 June 2007)
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Brave Film Which Shed Light On Unfolding Tragedy more (8 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Sara Lewinstein | ... | Storyteller (story subject: Dr. Tom Waddell) |
| David Mandell | ... | Storyteller (story subject: David Mandell Jr.) |
| Suzi Mandell | ... | Storyteller (story subject: David Mandell Jr.) |
| Sallie Perryman | ... | Storyteller (story subject: Robert Perryman) |
| Vito Russo | ... | Storyteller (story subject: Jeffrey Sevcik) |
| Tracy Torrey | ... | Storyteller (story subject: himself and David C. Campbell) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gregg Baker | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Gary Bauer | ... | Himself - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage) |
| Robert Bazell | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Kevin Boyle | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Edward Brandt | ... | Himself - Assistant Secretary for Health (archive footage) |
| Tom Brokaw | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Bobbi Campbell | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| David C. Campbell | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Marcus A. Conant M.D. | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| James Curran M.D. | ... | Himself - Center for Disease Control (archive footage) |
| Barton Eckert | ... | News Reporter (archive footage) |
 | Jerry Falwell | ... | Himself (Moral Majority Leader) (archive footage) |
| Virginia Fedosky | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Emil Guillermo | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Bryant Gumbel | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Tim Haas | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Robert Hager | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
 | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Charles Howard | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Rock Hudson | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Cleve Jones | ... | Himself (also archive footage) |
| Dr. C. Everett Koop | ... | Himself - Surgeon General (archive footage) |
| Larry Kramer | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Roger Gail Lyon | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| David Mandell Jr. | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Kevin McCullough | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Andrea Mitchell | ... | Herself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
 | Eddie Murphy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Mark Ostfield | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Marcia Pally | ... | Herself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| John Palmer | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Jane Pauley | ... | Herself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Hampton Pearson | ... | Himself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Robert Perryman | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| John Politano | ... | Himself |
| Josie Politano | ... | Herself |
| Randy Ray | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ricky Ray | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Robert Ray | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Neil Schram M.D. | ... | Himself - Los Angeles AIDS Task Force (archive footage) |
| Heidi Schulman | ... | Herself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
| Jeffrey Sevcik | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Herself (introduction speaker) |
| Dr. Tom Waddell | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Gary Walsh | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| James Watkins | ... | Himself - Presidential AIDS Commission (archive footage) |
| Linda Yee | ... | Herself (News reporter) (archive footage) |
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This documentary accomplishes what most films sent out to do; move and transform audience members. What we have here is a remarkable movie which managed to change the way people viewed the AIDS crisis.
The success of the film's impact lies in its structural simplicity; we hear from the survivors of AIDS victims in ways which humanize their suffering.
Much has been written about the haunting musical score.
I had one slight problem with the film; its Amnerican-centric message. I wish the filmmakers would have paid more attention to the subject matter by giving us more of a world-view. This would have increased the film's credibility.
However, this is a quibble. What we have here is a motion picture which gives lasting testament to the personal courage exhibited by both victims and survivors.