Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman • Documentary • 1989 • US • English
Featuring Dustin Hoffman, Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell

Started in a San Francisco storefront by the NAMES Project, the AIDS Memorial Quilt grew to 8,288 handmade panels by 1988, each honoring a life lost. Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman witnessed the quilt’s early days and captured the personal stories woven into this monument, a powerful record of grief, resilience, and activism that won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Documentary.