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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.

Director

Matt Wolf

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$55,632

Production

End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

Awards

4 nominations

Homepage

https://recorderfilm.com/

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My heart and my best
intentionsstill tell me that'’s true, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

My heart and my best intentionsstill tell me that'’s tr...

She read about
11 newspapers a day - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She read about 11 newspapers a day

When I first got there, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

When I first got there,

She laid down what she wanted, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She laid down what she wanted,

She would have the tapes
going on different TVs - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She would have the tapes going on different TVs

So certain TVs,
I would change the tapes - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

So certain TVs, I would change the tapes

It was a project
for everybody to be doing. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It was a project for everybody to be doing.

Now there were
some codes of conduct - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Now there were some codes of conduct

It was like "“Driving
Miss Daisy"” in reverse. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It was like "“Driving Miss Daisy"” in reverse.

Everything was
absolutely ritualized. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Everything was absolutely ritualized.

We had to make sure there
was no one in the vicinity - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

We had to make sure there was no one in the vicinity

You know, she would sweep, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, she would sweep,

I do have a memory
of demonstrations, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I do have a memory of demonstrations,

Sent to my mother saying,
you know, well, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Sent to my mother saying, you know, well,

She was the
Philadelphia Chairman - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She was the Philadelphia Chairman

At her core she was motivated
by a belief in human freedom. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

At her core she was motivated by a belief in human freedom.

They spent some time in Mexico - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

They spent some time in Mexico

I found a journal entry from
my mother from around that time - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I found a journal entry from my mother from around that time

My mother was fired
from her job as a librarian - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

My mother was fired from her job as a librarian

You know, she was definitely
spied on by the FBI. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, she was definitely spied on by the FBI.

And we know that she had a file - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And we know that she had a file

She was justified
in feeling being watched. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She was justified in feeling being watched.

For personality reasons,
I think my mother kind of - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

For personality reasons, I think my mother kind of

She made it very difficult
on my father - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She made it very difficult on my father

We are responding
to desperate distress calls - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

We are responding to desperate distress calls

The themes that she really
liked were that Earth - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The themes that she really liked were that Earth

That there was this
kind of multi-racial, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

That there was this kind of multi-racial,

You know, it was basically
kind of televised socialism. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, it was basically kind of televised socialism.

She didn'’t start recording
the news immediately. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She didn'’t start recording the news immediately.

I'’m goin' over here
and sit down. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I'’m goin' over here and sit down.

I do what I usually do,
look at TV. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I do what I usually do, look at TV.

Well, why would you look
at TV when it ain'’t workin'? - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Well, why would you look at TV when it ain'’t workin�...

- Snakes, lizards have...
- With existence, CIA- - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

- Snakes, lizards have... - With existence, CIA-

There'’s a second kind of thing
that the CIA does - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

There'’s a second kind of thing that the CIA does

This could involve giving money - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

This could involve giving money

It might involve aidingin the
overthrow of a government - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It might involve aidingin the overthrow of a government

It could even mean arranging - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It could even mean arranging

Your newspapers,
radio, television, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Your newspapers, radio, television,

No dissent or oppositionis
allowed in the public media. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

No dissent or oppositionis allowed in the public media.

One of Lenin'’s principles was
that the method and the tenor - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

One of Lenin'’s principles was that the method and the ...

Material things
do influence our emotions - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Material things do influence our emotions

She became aware of the power - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She became aware of the power

It was a current affairs
discussion program - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It was a current affairs discussion program

They would assemble
experts on a topic. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

They would assemble experts on a topic.

Eugenics,
Native American rights, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Eugenics, Native American rights,

♪ Walkin'’ down death row ♪ - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

♪ Walkin'’ down death row ♪

Well, I find some people, uh, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Well, I find some people, uh,

And not understanding the
concept of an open community - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And not understanding the concept of an open community

I'’ve been invited to openness - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I'’ve been invited to openness

And most people feel thattheir
viewpoint is being heard, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And most people feel thattheir viewpoint is being heard,

The power of mass media
to affect public opinion - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The power of mass media to affect public opinion

And she was aware of how
the raw story gets filtered - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And she was aware of how the raw story gets filtered

I think there should definitelybe
controls of other kinds, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I think there should definitelybe controls of other kinds,

And I think there are
so many examples in daily life - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And I think there are so many examples in daily life

Good evening.
The U.S. Embassy in Tehran - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Good evening. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran

The Americans inside
have been taken prisoner - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The Americans inside have been taken prisoner

[shouting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

My mother was very suspicious
of the official stories - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

My mother was very suspicious of the official stories

She felt that important
information was being lost - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She felt that important information was being lost

Some 60 Americans,
including our fellow citizen - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen

Officials will continue
their search for some way - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Officials will continue their search for some way

A lot of the early reports
indicated that there were, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

A lot of the early reports indicated that there were,

You know, obviously,
if you were running - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, obviously, if you were running

Nobody else
is gonna keep this." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Nobody else is gonna keep this."

Her goal was trying
to reveal a set of agendas - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Her goal was trying to reveal a set of agendas

Soviet troops have
swept into Afghanistan, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Soviet troops have swept into Afghanistan,

As much as it would like to, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

As much as it would like to,

Day 59, January 1st, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Day 59, January 1st,

But this time, Khomeini'’s
revolutionary guards - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

But this time, Khomeini'’s revolutionary guards

That same day, U.N.
Secretary General Waldheim - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

That same day, U.N. Secretary General Waldheim

She was kind of watching - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She was kind of watching

Kind of uniformly anti-Iran,
people were calling for war. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Kind of uniformly anti-Iran, people were calling for war.

She felt that there
was a lack of sympathy - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She felt that there was a lack of sympathy

One analyst says, Khomeini
so strongly detests the U.S. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

One analyst says, Khomeini so strongly detests the U.S.

For its support of the Shah
who was his lifetime enemy, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

For its support of the Shah who was his lifetime enemy,

Outside the United States
Embassy in Tehran, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Outside the United States Embassy in Tehran,

[chanting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

America Held Hostage aired
first for fifteen minutes, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

America Held Hostage aired first for fifteen minutes,

It'’s actually
a kind of successful show - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It'’s actually a kind of successful show

Nightline was actually
a very transformative program - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Nightline was actually a very transformative program

The idea of a new show
at 11:30 at night, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The idea of a new show at 11:30 at night,

And then, something
kind of amazing happens. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And then, something kind of amazing happens.

Good evening, some
of the rhetoric coming out - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Good evening, some of the rhetoric coming out

There was a long running drama - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

There was a long running drama

It had lots
of unpredictable characters, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It had lots of unpredictable characters,

There has been
a startling new development - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

There has been a startling new development

That U.S. attempt to launch
a military rescue - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

That U.S. attempt to launch a military rescue

And it had this kind
of agonizing pathos - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And it had this kind of agonizing pathos

Not only were the Americans - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Not only were the Americans

The TV was part of what
was taking us hostage. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

The TV was part of what was taking us hostage.

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For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Matt Wolf

Writer: N/A

Production: End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $55,632

Released: 15 Nov 2019

Awards: 4 nominations

Homepage: https://recorderfilm.com/