Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Not currently streaming on CaSTV
Synopsis
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.
Facts
Awards
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Original language
English
Stills
Festival History
- Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2019 generic
- Academy Awards 1990 academy_award
- Berlin International Film Festival 1990 generic
- Mill Valley Film Festival 1989 generic
