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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)

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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

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Directors

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  • Rob Epstein
    Rob Epstein
  • Jeffrey Friedman
    Jeffrey Friedman

Writers

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(in alphabetical order)
  • Rob Epstein
    Rob Epstein
    writer
  • Jeffrey Friedman
    Jeffrey Friedman
    writer
  • Cindy Ruskin
    Cindy Ruskin
    writer

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Sara Lewinstein
    Sara Lewinstein
    Storyteller (story subject: Dr. Tom Waddell)
  • David Mandell
    David Mandell
    Storyteller (story subject: David Mandell Jr.)
  • Suzi Mandell
    Suzi Mandell
    Storyteller (story subject: David Mandell Jr.)
  • Sallie Perryman
    Sallie Perryman
    Storyteller (story subject: Robert Perryman)
  • Vito Russo in Vito (2011)
    Vito Russo
    Vito Russo
    Storyteller (story subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
  • Tracy Torrey
    Tracy Torrey
    Storyteller (story subject: himself and David C. Campbell)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Gregg Baker
    Gregg Baker
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Gary Bauer
    Gary Bauer
    Gary Bauer
    Self - Policy Advisor to the President
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Bazell
    Robert Bazell
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Kevin Boyle
    Kevin Boyle
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Edward Brandt
    Edward Brandt
    Self - Assistant Secretary for Health
    (archive footage)
  • Tom Brokaw
    Tom Brokaw
    Tom Brokaw
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Bobbi Campbell
    Bobbi Campbell
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • David C. Campbell
    David C. Campbell
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Marcus A. Conant
    Marcus A. Conant
    Self
    (archive footage) (as Marcus A. Conant M.D.)
  • James Curran
    James Curran
    Self - Center for Disease Control
    (archive footage) (as James Curran M.D.)
  • Bolton Eckert
    Bolton Eckert
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage) (as Barton Eckert)
  • Jerry Falwell
    Jerry Falwell
    Jerry Falwell
    Self - Moral Majority Leader
    (archive footage)
  • Virginia Fedosky
    Virginia Fedosky
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Emil Guillermo
    Emil Guillermo
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Bryant Gumbel at an event for Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
    Bryant Gumbel
    Bryant Gumbel
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Tim Haas
    Tim Haas
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Hager
    Robert Hager
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Julie Harris in HouseSitter (1992)
    Julie Harris
    Julie Harris
    Frankie Addams
    (archive footage)
  • Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    Narrator
    (voice)
  • Charles Howard
    Charles Howard
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Cleve Jones
    Cleve Jones
    Cleve Jones
    Self
  • C. Everett Koop
    C. Everett Koop
    C. Everett Koop
    Self - Surgeon General
    (archive footage) (as Dr. C. Everett Koop)
  • Larry Kramer
    Larry Kramer
    Larry Kramer
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Roger Gail Lyon
    Roger Gail Lyon
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • David Mandell Jr.
    David Mandell Jr.
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Kevin McCullough
    Kevin McCullough
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Andrea Mitchell
    Andrea Mitchell
    Andrea Mitchell
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Eddie Murphy at an event for Good Luck Chuck (2007)
    Eddie Murphy
    Eddie Murphy
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Mark Ostfield
    Mark Ostfield
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Marcia Pally
    Marcia Pally
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • John Palmer
    John Palmer
    John Palmer
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Jane Pauley
    Jane Pauley
    Jane Pauley
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Hampton Pearson
    Hampton Pearson
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Perryman
    Robert Perryman
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • John Politano
    John Politano
    Self
  • Josie Politano
    Josie Politano
    Self
  • Randy Ray
    Randy Ray
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Ricky Ray
    Ricky Ray
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Ray
    Robert Ray
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Neil Schram
    Neil Schram
    Self - Los Angeles AIDS Task Force
    (archive footage) (as Neil Schram M.D.)
  • Heidi Schulman
    Heidi Schulman
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)
  • Jeffrey Sevcik
    Jeffrey Sevcik
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963)
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    Self - Introduction Speaker
  • Tom Waddell
    Tom Waddell
    Self
    (archive footage) (as Dr. Tom Waddell)
  • Gary Walsh
    Gary Walsh
    Self
    (archive footage)
  • James Watkins
    James Watkins
    Self - Presidential AIDS Commission
    (archive footage)
  • Linda Yee
    Linda Yee
    Self - News Reporter
    (archive footage)

Producers

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  • Carol Baum
    Carol Baum
    executive producer
  • Bill Couturié
    Bill Couturié
    producer
  • Rob Epstein
    Rob Epstein
    producer
  • Jeffrey Friedman
    Jeffrey Friedman
    producer
  • Sandy Gallin
    Sandy Gallin
    executive producer
  • Curt Johnson
    Curt Johnson
    associate producer
  • B.Z. Petroff
    B.Z. Petroff
    associate producer
  • Howard Rosenman
    Howard Rosenman
    executive producer

Composer

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  • Bobby McFerrin
    Bobby McFerrin

Cinematographers

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  • Jean de Segonzac
    Jean de Segonzac
  • Dyanna Taylor
    Dyanna Taylor

Editors

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  • Rob Epstein
    Rob Epstein
  • Jeffrey Friedman
    Jeffrey Friedman

Production Manager

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  • B.Z. Petroff
    B.Z. Petroff
    production manager

Sound Department

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  • Betsy Bannerman
    Betsy Bannerman
    additional sound editor
  • Mark Berger
    Mark Berger
    sound mix: Saul Zaentz Company Film Center / re-recording mixer (uncredited)
  • Elliot Berlin
    Elliot Berlin
    additional sound
  • Anna Davis
    Anna Davis
    Assistant Sound Editor
  • Doug Dunderdale
    Doug Dunderdale
    additional sound
  • John Haptas
    John Haptas
    sound
  • Steve Longstreth
    Steve Longstreth
    additional sound
  • Michael Penland
    Michael Penland
    additional sound
  • Robert Silverthorne
    Robert Silverthorne
    additional sound (as Rob Silverthorne)
  • Dennis Towns
    Dennis Towns
    additional sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Phil Brotherton
    Phil Brotherton
    grip
  • Michael Chin
    Michael Chin
    additional photographer
  • Steve Condiotti
    Steve Condiotti
    gaffer
  • Peter Crosman
    Peter Crosman
    animator: photo animation, Camera 3
  • Ray Day
    Ray Day
    assistant camera
  • Anne C. Dowie
    Anne C. Dowie
    still photographer
  • Doug Dunderdale
    Doug Dunderdale
    assistant camera
  • John Dunkin
    John Dunkin
    assistant camera
  • Ned Hallick
    Ned Hallick
    gaffer
  • Samuel M. Henriques
    Samuel M. Henriques
    assistant camera (as Samuel Henriques)

Animation Department

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  • Peter Williams
    Peter Williams
    animator: title animation

Editorial Department

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  • Betsy Bannerman
    Betsy Bannerman
    first assistant editor
  • Peregrine Beckman
    Peregrine Beckman
    apprentice editor
  • Deborah Hoffmann
    Deborah Hoffmann
    additional editing
  • Doug Jones
    Doug Jones
    negative conformer
  • Kent McGrew
    Kent McGrew
    color timer

Music Department

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  • Rachel Bagby
    Rachel Bagby
    performer: Voicestra
  • Roger Beardi
    Roger Beardi
    performer: Voicestra
  • Joey Blake
    Joey Blake
    performer: Voicestra
  • Todd Boekelheide
    Todd Boekelheide
    musical supervisor
  • Kirsten Falke
    Kirsten Falke
    performer: Voicestra
  • Molly Holm
    Molly Holm
    performer: Voicestra
  • Sara Jennison
    Sara Jennison
    performer: Voicestra
  • Howard Johnson
    Howard Johnson
    music recording: Different Fur
  • Raz Kennedy
    Raz Kennedy
    performer: Voicestra
  • Bobby McFerrin
    Bobby McFerrin
    musician, along with Voicestra

Additional Crew

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  • Susan Baelen
    Susan Baelen
    staff: NAMES Project
  • Thomas Bianco
    Thomas Bianco
    assistant to producers
  • Melissa Bower
    Melissa Bower
    research assistant
  • Peter Buchanan
    Peter Buchanan
    legal services
  • Jack Caster
    Jack Caster
    staff: NAMES Project
  • Yulen Chin
    Yulen Chin
    archive source: NBC News Video Archive
  • Richard Downing
    Richard Downing
    photograph reproduction
  • Cindy Eckert
    Cindy Eckert
    research assistant
  • Jonathan I. Epstein
    Jonathan I. Epstein
    legal services
  • Judy Epstein
    Judy Epstein
    production assistant

Thanks

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  • Carol Adamovicz
    Carol Adamovicz
    special thanks
  • Dave Angress
    Dave Angress
    special thanks
  • Scott Beach
    Scott Beach
    special thanks
  • Robert N. Bellah
    Robert N. Bellah
    special thanks
  • Betty A. Blair
    Betty A. Blair
    special thanks
  • Ann Block
    Ann Block
    special thanks
  • Frank Browning
    Frank Browning
    special thanks
  • Steve Burns
    Steve Burns
    special thanks
  • Jack Caster
    Jack Caster
    in loving memory
  • Lu Chalkin
    Lu Chalkin
    special thanks

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