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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989 · 80 min

A solemn, deeply moving memorial that turns statistics into intimate portraits of love and loss.

Overview
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.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • isolation
  • politics
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
history, documentary
Directed by
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Written by
Cindy Ruskin, Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Starring
Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman, Vito Russo, Tracy Torrey, Gregg Baker
Music
Bobby McFerrin
Cinematography
Dyanna Taylor, Jean de Segonzac
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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