Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt

Synopsis
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this story of five people who died of AIDS - their names are on panels of the quilt that now covers 14 acres. Winner of the 1989 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Production Notes
Originally broadcast on HBO October 15, 1989.
Produced by Telling Pictures and The Couterie Co.

The subjects of the film are: Sara Lewinstein, Suzi & David Mandell, Sallie Perryman and Tracy Torrey.

Additional credits: Saul Zaentz Co., Film Center (sound).

The late Vito Russo, who is profiled in this film, wrote "The Celluloid Closet," which writer/directors Jeffrey Friedman and Robert Epstein turned into a movie.

Reviews
"...[The film] confronts us with the reality of AIDS with such simplicity and directness that it is hard to imagine how the enormous tragedy of this disease could be expressed with greater impact..." (Los Angeles Times)

"...[An] Oscar-winning documentary. A 79-minute powerhouse, THREADS profiles five individuals commemorated on the quilt..." (USA Today)