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Title: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
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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: himself and David C. Campbell)
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Gregg Baker | ... |
Himself - News Reporter
(archive footage)
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Gary Bauer | ... |
Himself - Policy Advisor to the President
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Robert Bazell | ... |
Himself - News Reporter
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Kevin Boyle | ... |
Himself - News Reporter
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Edward Brandt | ... |
Himself - Assistant Secretary for Health
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Himself - News Reporter
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Bobbi Campbell | ... |
Himself
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David C. Campbell | ... |
Himself
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Marcus A. Conant | ... |
Himself
(archive footage) (as Marcus A. Conant M.D.)
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This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather demonize them. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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I was actually looking for something else today when I came across this. I remember seeing this several years ago & still recall it clearly. I've never been a big bobby McFerrin fan, but the theme music that he came up with is deeply human and touching. It accents the somber tone of the presentation extremely well. I remember sitting there struck silent by the magnitude of human suffering expressed in the form of those quilts. If more filmmakers had the kind of heart those two have, the world would be a better place for all of us. Gay and Straight alike.