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3 unusual facts about Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt


Common Threads

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, a documentary film about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Dr. Tom Waddell, founder of the Gay Games; his story is told by his friend and the mother of his child, Sara Lewinstein.

Tom Waddell

His battle against HIV/AIDS is one of the subjects of the award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt With sports writer Dick Schaap, Waddell wrote an autobiography titled Gay Olympian.


Common Threads

An organization, supported by Gail Simmons, that teaches low-income children to cook wholesome, affordable meals

Homosexuality in society

Major American motion pictures from this period that dramatized the response of individuals and communities to the AIDS crisis include An Early Frost (1985), Longtime Companion (1990), And the Band Played On (1993), Philadelphia (1993), and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989), the last referring to the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, last displayed in its entirety on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1996.


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