Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Movie

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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

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What's The Movie Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt About? In the late 1970s, a mysterious new disease began infecting and killing gay men. Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, as told through the lives of five very diverse individuals who shared a common fate. Using the monumental NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt as its central metaphor, the film weaves together personal memories and television news stories to expose the U.S. government’s failure to respond to the growing epidemic, and the vibrant protest movement that was born as a result. From the Olympic athlete to the inner-city recovering drug addict, from the conservative naval commander to the New York gay activist to the 11-year-old suburban boy with haemophilia, the film uses intimate details to tell an epic story of love, loss, anger and healing. What's The Genre Of The Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Movie? Genres: Documentary, History Who Stars In The Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Movie? Starring: Dustin Hoffman When Was The Motion Picture Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Released? Released: December 1, 1989 What's The Runtime Of The Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Movie? Runtime: 79.0 How Popular Is The Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Movie? Popularity Rating: 0.544 What Studio(s) Produced The Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Film? New Yorker Films, Sandollar Productions United States of America Who Was On The Cast Of The Motion Picture Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt? Narrator Dustin Hoffman Who Was On The Crew Of Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt The Movie? Directing — Director: Jeffrey Friedman Directing — Director: Rob Epstein Sound — Original Music Composer: Bobby McFerrin

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Film Information

What's The Movie Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt About?

In the late 1970s, a mysterious new disease began infecting and killing gay men. Common Threads tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, as told through the lives of five very diverse individuals who shared a common fate. Using the monumental NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt as its central metaphor, the film weaves together personal memories and television news stories to expose the U.S. government’s failure to respond to the growing epidemic, and the vibrant protest movement that was born as a result. From the Olympic athlete to the inner-city recovering drug addict, from the conservative naval commander to the New York gay activist to the 11-year-old suburban boy with haemophilia, the film uses intimate details to tell an epic story of love, loss, anger and healing.