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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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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.