- Country: USA
- Genres: Biography, Documentary, History
- Release: 1989-10-07
- Director: Rob Epstein , Jeffrey Friedman
- Writers: Rob Epstein , Jeffrey Friedman , Cindy Ruskin
- Language: English
- Stars: Sara Lewinstein , David Mandell , Suzi Mandell , Sallie Perryman , Vito Russo , Tracy Torrey
- Runtime: 79 min
- Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins total
- AKA: Caminhos Cruzados (Brazil) , Wspólna sprawa (Poland) , Общие темы: Истории с квилта , Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt , Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (United Kingdom) , Til minde om de døde (Denmark) , Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (United States of America)
- Plot: This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather demonize them.
- IMDB:tt0097099
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Cast · · · ALL
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Dustin Hoffman
Narrator (voice)
Sara Lewinstein
Storyteller (Story Subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
David Mandell
Storyteller (Story Subject: David Mandell Jr.)
Sallie Perryman
Storyteller (Story Subject: Robert Perryman)
Vito Russo
Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
Tracy Torrey
Storyteller (Story Subject: Self and David C. Campbell)
Gregg Baker
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Gary Bauer
Self - Policy Advisor to the President (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
James Curran
Self - Center for Disease Control (archive footage)
Jerry Falwell
Self - Moral Majority Leader (archive footage)
Bryant Gumbel
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage)
Cleve Jones
Self
C. Everett Koop
Self - Surgeon General (archive footage)
Larry Kramer
Self (archive footage)
David Mandell Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Andrea Mitchell
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy
Self (archive footage)
John Palmer
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)
Randy Ray
Self (archive footage)
Robert Ray
Self (archive footage)
Ricky Ray
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Heidi Schulman
Self - News Reporter (archive footage)