Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman collection

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber Inc., [2022]

Format:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman collection / Milestone film & video ; [directors, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman].

Series Titles:

The Milestone cinematheque
Milestone cinematheque.

Related/Included Titles:

Common threads: stories from the quilt /
Where are we? Our trip through America /
Paragraph 175 /

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Epstein, Robert P., 1955-, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
Friedman, Jeffrey, 1951-, film director, film producer, and screenwriter
Couturié, Bill, film producer
Ruskin, Cindy, screenwriter
Ehrenzweig, Michael, film producer
Cole, Janet (Film producer), film producer
Müller, Klaus, 1959-, film producer
Wood, Sharon, 1952-, screenwriter
Russo, Vito, on-screen participant
Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-, narrator
Everett, Rupert, narrator
Telling Pictures, production company
Milestone Film & Video, film distributor
Kino Lorber, Inc, publisher

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

LGBTQ+ films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films

Subjects:

Gay people
Gay men
HIV-positive gay men
NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
AIDS (Disease)--United States
Gay men--Nazi persecution
National socialism and homosexuality--Germany--History
Homophobia--Germany--History
AIDS memorial quilts
Homophobia
LGBTQ+ people
Men
HIV-positive people
HIV/AIDS
AIDS memorials
STDs
LGBTQ+ phobia
LGBTQ+ cinema
Gender identity
Medical care
Gender
Southern States--Social conditions

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Disc 1 Common threads: stories from the quilt / Home Box Office presents a Telling Pictures and the Couterie Company production ; directed and edited by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman ; produced by Bill Couturie, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman ; writers, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Cindy Ruskin (1989 ; 80 min.) -- Disc 2 Where are we? Our trip through America / a film by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Jean de Segonzac, Ned Bastille ; produced and directed by Jeffrey Friedman & Rob Epstein ; produced by Telling Pictures with KDED (1992 ; 72 min.) -- Paragraph 175 / a Telling Pictures production ; a Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman film ; produced and driected by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman ; director of research/associate producer, Klaus Müller ; producers, Michael Ehrenzweig, Janet Cole ; writer, Sharon Wood (2000 ; 78 min.).

Summary:

"For more than 30 years, Oscar®-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have borne powerful witness to gay life, creativity, and activism -- documenting lost aspects of LGBTQ+ history and chronicling unfolding events with humor, compassion, and fierce urgency. The Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Collection includes three of their most essential works in new restorations: Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (1989, winner of the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature), Where Are We? Our Trip Through America (1992) and Paragraph 175 (2000). Common Threads uses the NAMES Project Memorial Quilt to explore the cross-section of identities affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as efforts to combat the stigma, misinformation, and political obstruction that deepened the crisis. Where Are We? Our Trip Through America follows Epstein and Friedman as they chronicle an 18-day road trip through the American south. They interview a large variety of people along the way, stopping to ask them questions about their hopes and regrets. Paragraph 175 fills a crucial gap in the historical record by revealing the lasting consequences of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals."

Language:

English
French
German

Language Note:

All films: English audio with optional English subtitles. Paragraph 175: chiefly in English with some French and German dialogue subtitled in English.

Accessibility Note:

auditory captions

Physical Type/Description:

2 videodiscs (230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..

Technical Note:

DVD, all regions; DTS-HD master audio 5.1 (disc 1) and DTS-HD master audio 2.0 (disc 2).

General Note:

Title from container.
Extras on disc 1: audio commentary with filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman; Greetings From Washington, D.C. (1983 ; a 29-minute documentary which takes a look at the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights) ; Then and now (1981-2004 ; a 44-minute documentary which takes an in-depth look at the AIDS epidemic and the shifting perceptions that came from learning more about the disease); Vito Russo's Act Up demonstration (1988 ; a 9-minute piece which features Vito Russo's speech from the Act Up Demonstration); Vito Russo pre-interview footage (a 25-minute collection of footage captured before the film started being captured in earnest, which features some raw conversations).
Extras on disc 2: Paragraph 175 audio commentary with filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman providing an insightful commentary track in which they discuss how this film came about, deciding to get Rupert Everett as the narrator, unexpected last minute developments, and moral struggles they had to contend with; Where are we? deleted scenes; Paragraph 175 - additional interviews (a 12-minute collection of unused material with Holocaust survivors Philippe Swab and Kitty Fisher); two-minute trailer for Paragraph 175.

Participant/Performer Note:

Common threads: featuring Sara Lewinstein, David Mandell, Suzi Mandell, Sallie Perryman, Vito Russo, Tracey Torrey; narrated by Dustin Hoffman.
Where are we?: with Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.
Paragraph 175: with Heinz Dörmer, Annette Eick, Albrecht Becker, Gad Beck, Pierre Seel, Klaus Müller ; narrator, Rupert Everett.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Common threads: director of photography, Dyanna Taylor, Jean de Segonzac ; narrator, Dustin Hoffman ; editor, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman ; music, Bobby McFerrin.
Where are we?: director of photography, Jean de Segonzac ; editor, Ned Bastille.
Paragraph 175: director of photography, Bernd Meiners ; editor, Dawn Logsdon ; music, Tibor Szemzö.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937618373802486

OCLC Number:

1378750509

Other Identifiers:

Universal Product Code: 738329260576

Publisher Number:

K26057 Kino Lorber

Barcode:

010003542528