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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Mrs. Stokes was alwaysa futuristic person

[audience cheering] Mrs. Stokes was always
a futuristic person

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Mrs. Stokes was always a futuristic person.
Duration
6 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:13
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 absolutely determined - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She was absolutely determined
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?"...
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother,
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you."
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist.
If she didn'’t want to drink it all, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
If she didn'’t want to drink it all,
[indistinct television remarks] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
[indistinct television remarks]
And that'’s what made me notice she was a person, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And that'’s what made me notice she was a person,
To have that connection withsomebody to just hold your hand - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
To have that connection withsomebody to just hold your hand
Richard, the driver, Anna the aide, and myself, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Richard, the driver, Anna the aide, and myself,
I was quite pleased with that surrogate family. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I was quite pleased with that surrogate family.
I'’ve got a deep level of affection for those people - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
I'’ve got a deep level of affection for those people
I remember my daughter saying to me, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
I remember my daughter saying to me,
It'’s just, it's hilar... I told her, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
It'’s just, it's hilar... I told her,
"I'’m not sure what I did wrong, but I need you to forgive me - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
"I'’m not sure what I did wrong, but I need you to...
The same sentiment as Arizona saying - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
The same sentiment as Arizona saying
It was becoming harder and harder to find VHS tapes, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
It was becoming harder and harder to find VHS tapes,
It just seemed to us that therewas something new being born, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It just seemed to us that therewas something new being born,
It was newspapers back then - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was newspapers back then
Well, there are a few of them and that is the role - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Well, there are a few of them and that is the role