Common threads [videorecording] : stories from the quilt / Home Box Office presents a Telling Pictures and the Couturie Company production ; directed and edited by Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman ; produced by Bill Couturie, Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman ; writers, Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin.
Special features: Vito Russo 'Act up' speech, short film, photo gallery, audio commentary with Robert Epstein and Jeffery Friedman. Inspired by the book "The quilt : stories from the NAMES Project" by Cindy Ruskin. Originally produced in 1989. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman.
Summary:
"In the early 1980s, a mysterious disease suddenly started killing young gay men in American cities. It wasn't unitl Rock Hudson's death in 1985 that the rest of the country began to take notice. "Common threads" tells the powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic in the US - the first ominous warning signs and the government's failure to respond, to the vibrant protest movement that was born as a result. Starting with five life-stories chosen from the thousands memorialized in the NAMES Project AIDS Quilt - the Olympic athlete ; the recovering drug addict ; the conservative naval commander ; the gay street activist ; and the 11 year old suburban boy with haemophilia - the filmmakers skilfully weave intimate memories with contemporary news footage to tell a moving story of love, loss, anger and healing."--Container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.