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  1. 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 incl...

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  2. Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt is a 1989 American documentary film that tells the story of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, with a musical score written and performed by Bobby McFerrin, the film focuses on several people who are represented by panels in the Quilt, combining personal reminiscences with archive footage of the subjects, along with footage ...

  3. When the pair filmed its unfolding in October 1988 for Common Threads, the AIDS Quilt had grown to 8,288 individual handmade panels. The documentary won the Oscar® for Best Documentary, but more importantly, has remained an emotional, vibrant story of a tremendous tragedy that evolved into one of the great protest movements in American history.

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  4. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman • 1989 • United States. A tremendous, handmade monument to lives lost to AIDS, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt demonstrated that grief and activism together could forge a powerful symbol of resilience. Winner of the Academy Award for best documentary feature, this moving film—buoyed by an ...

  5. Synopsis. On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS prepare panels to be added to a large-scale memorial quilt project. Drawing from the sea of names memorialized, director Robert Epstein focuses on the lives of six people.

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  6. Sep 7, 1990 · Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt. By Jess Cagle. Published on September 7, 1990 04:00AM EDT. In 1987, when nearly 50,000 Americans had already succumbed to AIDS, some friends gathered in a ...

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  8. Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt. 1989 1h 20m Documentary. List. 100% Tomatometer 8 Reviews. 96% Audience Score 100+ Ratings. On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for ...

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