Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

By Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1989-10-07
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Director: Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
  • Production Company: Sandollar Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 3.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
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The Memorial Quilt was started in a San Francisco storefront by the NAMES Project in the summer of 1987...and by the fall of '88, the quilt had grown to include 8,288 panels, each a handmade memorial to a life lost to AIDS. Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman first witnessed the quilt when it was barely a fraction of its final expanse, and they quickly moved to capture the NAMES Project's process. Their efforts won Epstein and Friedman the OscarĀ® for Best Documentary, attributed to an emotional, vibrant story of a tremendous tragedy that evolved into one of the great protest movements in American history.

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