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And my mother really wasn'’t into social issues
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

And my mother really wasn'’tinto social issues

And my mother really wasn'’t
into social issues

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And my mother really wasn'’t into social issues.
Duration
6 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:20
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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Movie Summary

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.
She was an artist, she cared about how things looked. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She was an artist, she cared about how things looked.
And she was not a deeply spiritual person at all. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And she was not a deeply spiritual person at all.
Unfortunately, I think my mother felt - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Unfortunately, I think my mother felt
What is the key to building - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
What is the key to building
I think he knew he thought very differently about things - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
I think he knew he thought very differently about things
He had strong philosophical convictions. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
He had strong philosophical convictions.
What their identity is, how they define themselves, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
What their identity is, how they define themselves,
Everyone is saying, "I'’m tryingto find out who I am." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Everyone is saying, "I'’m tryingto find out who I ...
The working relationship and, eventually, the romance - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
The working relationship and, eventually, the romance
My impression is that the two of them never - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
My impression is that the two of them never
You know as a 10, 11-year-old, I kind of wasn'’t welcome. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
You know as a 10, 11-year-old, I kind of wasn'’t welcom...
And I remember coming into the kitchen - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
And I remember coming into the kitchen
And I said, "How long is this for?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And I said, "How long is this for?"
Um, "How long is this for?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:19
Um, "How long is this for?"
And I was astounded - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And I was astounded
Even I'’m gonna get it - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Even I'’m gonna get it
I understood that we probably weren'’t gonna have to heat - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
I understood that we probably weren'’t gonna have to he...
Her relationship to John was - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Her relationship to John was
[tape clicking] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:29
[tape clicking]
This now is a tape - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
This now is a tape