Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
An Olympic athlete; a gay activist; a boy with hemophilia; a recovering heroin addict; a closeted Navy commander: five very diverse lives that shared a common fate. Their lives--along with thousands of others--are woven together in a giant memorial patchwork quilt, that is solemnly unfolded in the US capitol to protest the government's refusal to respond to a growing epidemic. COMMON THREADS tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman.
Awards
- Academy Award, Best Feature Documentary (1989)
- George Foster Peabody Award - University of Georgia School of Journalism
- Emmy Award - Best Original Score - Bobby McFerrin
"Slams through stereotypes ... Slowly, carefully, powerfully, COMMON THREADS takes the cold statistics and gives them very recognizable faces." - The New York Times
"A great documentary." - The Washington Post
"As powerful and moving a documentary as you will ever see. A+." - People
"A documentary with the cumulative emotional impact of great tragedy." - Los Angeles Times
"Simply stunning...a study in devotion and anger and courage at a dark time. And through it all, it's love that shines the brightest." - Variety
