Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
- 1989
- 1h 19min
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Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.A collection of profiles of people dead from AIDS who are remembered in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Ganó 1 premio Óscar
- 5 premios ganados en total
Gregg Baker
- Self - News Reporter
- (material de archivo)
Gary Bauer
- Self - Policy Advisor to the President
- (material de archivo)
Robert Bazell
- Self - News Reporter
- (material de archivo)
Kevin Boyle
- Self - News Reporter
- (material de archivo)
Edward Brandt
- Self - Assistant Secretary for Health
- (material de archivo)
Tom Brokaw
- Self - News Reporter
- (material de archivo)
Bobbi Campbell
- Self
- (material de archivo)
David C. Campbell
- Self
- (material de archivo)
Marcus A. Conant
- Self
- (material de archivo)
- (as Marcus A. Conant M.D.)
James Curran
- Self - Center for Disease Control
- (material de archivo)
- (as James Curran M.D.)
Bolton Eckert
- Self - News Reporter
- (material de archivo)
- (as Barton Eckert)
Jerry Falwell
- Self - Moral Majority Leader
- (material de archivo)
- Dirección
- Guionistas
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10Jonah14
Winning the 1990 Oscar for Best Documentary, this originally aired on HBO. Watching After Stonewall reminded me of this documentary, and even just seeing the Quilt on THAT program made me tear up - simply from the memory of this documentary.
As a documentary, it's not very impressive - it's pretty rote and basic. However, in 1990, AIDS was still a strong fear - remember, the next year Bruce Davison was nominated for Longtime Companion - but the Bobby McFerrin music and the visuals affected me, in the same way that the Vietnam War Memorial scene from In Country.
This is a must-see documentary.
As a documentary, it's not very impressive - it's pretty rote and basic. However, in 1990, AIDS was still a strong fear - remember, the next year Bruce Davison was nominated for Longtime Companion - but the Bobby McFerrin music and the visuals affected me, in the same way that the Vietnam War Memorial scene from In Country.
This is a must-see documentary.
Every life has a story. Here are a few of the stories of people who died from AIDS, told by their survivors.
More than three quarter of a million Americans have died from AIDS since we began to notice it, about forty years ago. Worldwide, the figure seems to be a bit more than 40 million. Do a little math, and we as a nation look lucky. Human lives are not measured statistically, and people do not die by nations, but individually. Try to speak of the enormity of something, saying eighty million people have died from AIDS, or 6.9 million from COVID-19 or what have you and the horror and sadness gets lost in the the crowd. But one by one, with those they leave behind to assess the values of those lives. "My son died"; "My lover died"; "My friend Jim died": these are the words that make me weep. That's why this movie is so effective.
More than three quarter of a million Americans have died from AIDS since we began to notice it, about forty years ago. Worldwide, the figure seems to be a bit more than 40 million. Do a little math, and we as a nation look lucky. Human lives are not measured statistically, and people do not die by nations, but individually. Try to speak of the enormity of something, saying eighty million people have died from AIDS, or 6.9 million from COVID-19 or what have you and the horror and sadness gets lost in the the crowd. But one by one, with those they leave behind to assess the values of those lives. "My son died"; "My lover died"; "My friend Jim died": these are the words that make me weep. That's why this movie is so effective.
I was actually looking for something else today when I came across this. I remember seeing this several years ago & still recall it clearly. I've never been a big bobby McFerrin fan, but the theme music that he came up with is deeply human and touching. It accents the somber tone of the presentation extremely well. I remember sitting there struck silent by the magnitude of human suffering expressed in the form of those quilts. If more filmmakers had the kind of heart those two have, the world would be a better place for all of us. Gay and Straight alike.
I wasn't born until the 90's and personally don't know anyone who died from AIDS, but Common Threads left an empty gap in my heart as if these lives lost were my own friends and family. This film was a beautiful tribute to the men, women and children lost to a horrible disease.
Bobby McFerrin wrote a song for this movie called "Common Threads" which plays on and off throughout the film. The song fits the somber mood of the film and sticks with you along with the names and faces that were among the many lost in the battle against AIDS.
The stories will touch you and will be burned into your memory. The film is also incredibly depressing. The beginning of the 80's when the AIDS epidemic began seems almost spooky. Here is this disease that causes such horrific suffering and death and doctors knew little about it or the cause.
AZT wasn't approved by the FDA until 1987. It's so sad to think that these people knew their days were numbered and that the gruesome fate of AIDS and horrible death was imminent. There was a huge stigma and many didn't get the patient centered care they deserved.
Contaminated factor 8 was another tragedy that ended up being a death sentence for people who thought they were getting just a simple blood transfusion or routine treatment for hemophilia. David Mandell Jr., a young boy with hemophilia, was one of the lives lost due to this grave mistake. It shattered my heart into a million pieces as his parents discussed making his last Christmas extra special for him and hearing him talk to ALF, a character from his favorite show. Here is this sweet innocent child frozen in time. He never had the chance to grow up all because a product he needed was contaminated with HIV.
Throughout the film you get to see volunteers, bereaved families and friends work on this incredible quilt. I loved seeing all of the contributions and later looked up the virtual quilt that lets you scan the full quilt and see everyone's names. I highly recommend paying a tribute and checking it out after you watch this film.
Bobby McFerrin wrote a song for this movie called "Common Threads" which plays on and off throughout the film. The song fits the somber mood of the film and sticks with you along with the names and faces that were among the many lost in the battle against AIDS.
The stories will touch you and will be burned into your memory. The film is also incredibly depressing. The beginning of the 80's when the AIDS epidemic began seems almost spooky. Here is this disease that causes such horrific suffering and death and doctors knew little about it or the cause.
AZT wasn't approved by the FDA until 1987. It's so sad to think that these people knew their days were numbered and that the gruesome fate of AIDS and horrible death was imminent. There was a huge stigma and many didn't get the patient centered care they deserved.
Contaminated factor 8 was another tragedy that ended up being a death sentence for people who thought they were getting just a simple blood transfusion or routine treatment for hemophilia. David Mandell Jr., a young boy with hemophilia, was one of the lives lost due to this grave mistake. It shattered my heart into a million pieces as his parents discussed making his last Christmas extra special for him and hearing him talk to ALF, a character from his favorite show. Here is this sweet innocent child frozen in time. He never had the chance to grow up all because a product he needed was contaminated with HIV.
Throughout the film you get to see volunteers, bereaved families and friends work on this incredible quilt. I loved seeing all of the contributions and later looked up the virtual quilt that lets you scan the full quilt and see everyone's names. I highly recommend paying a tribute and checking it out after you watch this film.
I am a health teacher who has used this film many years ago..but had thought it might have been too old to use now. But after giving it a lot of thought, NOW is the time to show the film more than ever as kids today (and many young adults) do not know the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and how those caught up in the early stigma filled days, coped with the disease. Of course stigma still exists around the subject, but this movie brings a compelling human face to the tragedy and neglect that was brought about through ignorance and prejudice.
The haunting images of the past, coupled with the story telling, create a 'must view' for today. As others have said, it packs a powerful punch, so be aware of the difficult outcomes of those involved. This film is definitely 'one for the ages'...
The haunting images of the past, coupled with the story telling, create a 'must view' for today. As others have said, it packs a powerful punch, so be aware of the difficult outcomes of those involved. This film is definitely 'one for the ages'...
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- TriviaThe documentary was the first project of Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions not to feature Parton (having previously produced her A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986) and Dolly (1987)). Subsequent projects from their company included Steve Martin's El padre de la novia (1991), El padre de la novia Parte II (1995), and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020) trilogy, Shining Through (1992), Sabrina (1995), I.Q. (1994), and Buffy, la caza vampiros (1992).
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Narrator: It took Rock Hudson's death to capture America's attention. By that time, AIDS had already killed 15 thousand of other Americans. Rock Hudson is the most famous name in the giant quilt, a memorial to ten thousand names of men, women and children who came along very different roads to the same fate.
- ConexionesFeatured in 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)
- Bandas sonorasCommon Threads
Written and Performed by Bobby McFerrin
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By what name was Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) officially released in Canada in English?
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