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Martha

{\an8}They felt that if peoplesaw Martha on TV, {\an8}they would not feel like theyneeded...

Martha • 2024
{\an8}They felt that if people
saw Martha on TV, {\an8}they would not feel like they
needed to buy the magazine

Full Transcript

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{\an8}They felt that if people saw Martha on TV,
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{\an8}they would not feel like they needed to buy the magazine.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:14
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
This Machine Filmworks

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Movie Summary

The film covers the breadth of her extraordinary life through intimate interviews with Stewart herself, who opened up her personal archives to share never-before-seen photos, letters, and diary entries.
[Martha] I always had hoped that I would be doing television - Martha 00:07
[Martha] I always had hoped that I would be doing television
That was called synergy, - Martha 00:07
That was called synergy,
{\an8}If you had said before Martha existed, - Martha 00:22
{\an8}If you had said before Martha existed,
{\an8}Not only that you can understand it but that you wanna do it. - Martha 00:05
{\an8}Not only that you can understand it but that you wanna...
{\an8}We had a whole generation of young women whose mothers had worked, - Martha 00:08
{\an8}We had a whole generation of young women whose mothers...
And she felt we needed a way to show people - Martha 00:09
And she felt we needed a way to show people
{\an8}What we now call DIY, that was a revolution for America. - Martha 00:07
{\an8}What we now call DIY, that was a revolution for Americ...
Finally, a subject matter that everyone kind of pooh-poohed - Martha 00:09
Finally, a subject matter that everyone kind of pooh-poohed
It has always been, for me, a very serious subject. - Martha 00:05
It has always been, for me, a very serious subject.
[engines revving] - Martha 00:07
[engines revving]
We were making, like, $70 million a year, straight to the bottom line. - Martha 00:06
We were making, like, $70 million a year, straight to the bo...
{\an8}She saw that she could create an empire for herself. - Martha 00:06
{\an8}She saw that she could create an empire for herself.
{\an8}Martha was able to buy her name back and her magazine from Time. - Martha 00:07
{\an8}Martha was able to buy her name back and her magazine ...
{\an8}She went to Kmart to get the money, - Martha 00:06
{\an8}She went to Kmart to get the money,
{\an8}It turned out to be a very good thing, if I can quote Martha. [laughs] - Martha 00:10
{\an8}It turned out to be a very good thing, if I can quote ...
[Martha] The plan was to create a company that was omnimedia in scope. - Martha 00:06
[Martha] The plan was to create a company that was omnimedia...
It was my idea to make the plan of the company the solar system. - Martha 00:06
It was my idea to make the plan of the company the solar sys...
[reporter] What started as a small home-based catering business in 1976... - Martha 00:06
[reporter] What started as a small home-based catering busin...
- I love that. - ...has become - Martha 00:12
- I love that. - ...has become
Probably the only one-woman, one-person conglomerate. - Martha 00:06
Probably the only one-woman, one-person conglomerate.