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Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989) |
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79
minutes
Rated: NR
Country: US
Studio: New Yorker Films
Cast: Cleve Jones, Narrator:
Dustin Hoffman
Director/Screenwriter: Robert
Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman |
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Synopsis |
In the late 1970’s, 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
hemophilia, the film uses intimate
details to tell an epic story of
love, loss, anger and healing.
Academy Award, Best Documentary
Feature, 1989. |
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