Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

1989

Action / Biography / Documentary / History

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 1254 1.3K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Rob Epstein Photo
Rob Epstein

Top cast

Eddie Murphy Photo
Eddie Murphy as Self
Dustin Hoffman Photo
Dustin Hoffman as Narrator
Tom Brokaw Photo
Tom Brokaw as Self - News Reporter
Elizabeth Taylor Photo
Elizabeth Taylor as Self - Introduction Speaker
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 9 / 10

Given my little knowledge of the social and

Given my little knowledge of the social and policy implications of the AIDS epidemic, I found this documentary informative and illuminating. The visuals were beautiful, because the quilts could try to depict what is loving about those individuals who died of AIDS. The only reason I do not give the documentary five stars is that I found Hoffman's narration inappropriate. For me, his voice evokes comedies like "Tootsie" and "The Graduate."
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

A moving portrait of a documentary that focuses

A moving portrait of a documentary that focuses on 5 individual stories from the heartbreaking quilt that gives tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the US due to AIDS in front of Washington DC. Not all 5 stories focused on Homosexuals there was story of a child & man who took a drug needle etc. it's so heart-wrenching to hear all these mass stories of loss. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman it shows the human story to the battle of AIDS. A moving documentary that is an important film in documentary history.
Reviewed by Leaburn O 6 / 10

Not as affecting as I expected it to

Not as affecting as I expected it to be. However, it was fascinating to see how AIDS was perceived as the epidemic really caught hold in the USA in the late 80s. Of its time but that’s very important in this case as it was an enormously terrifying illness back when so little was known about it. The political response (or lack there of) is also explored. Watched on DVD.
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