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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

But a month after 9/11 happened, I had written a note saying,you know, "If there'’s...

But a month after 9/11 happened, I had written a note saying,
you know, "If there'’s anything
you need any help with, I'’d be happy to help you." Marion said,
"There are some things we could use some help with." And what it was they needed
helpwith was labeling videotapes

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But a month after 9/11 happened,
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I had written a note saying, you know,
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"If there'’s anything you need any help with,
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I'’d be happy to help you."
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Marion said, "There are some things
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we could use some help with."
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And what it was they needed helpwith was labeling videotapes.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:10
Uploaded
Jun 12, 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.
There was a wall of tapes - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
There was a wall of tapes
CNN, a certain date and time, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
CNN, a certain date and time,
[indistinct chatter] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
[indistinct chatter]
But that seemed to get in the way of having real contact - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
But that seemed to get in the way of having real contact
She collected between forty and fifty thousand books. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She collected between forty and fifty thousand books.
She voraciously read them. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She voraciously read them.
I think she said she had nine apartments or homes. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I think she said she had nine apartments or homes.
You know, she got obsessed with the syrup containers - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
You know, she got obsessed with the syrup containers
We kept them in bags, we called them burn bags - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
We kept them in bags, we called them burn bags
She got different books that said, "My life is a mess" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:14
She got different books that said, "My life is a mess&q...
[applauding] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
[applauding]
What do you think we would find if we went to your house - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
What do you think we would find if we went to your house
And I would say, "Marion, where do you want me to put it?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And I would say, "Marion, where do you want me to put i...
Having all these magazines and books piled up around her, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Having all these magazines and books piled up around her,
If you took away everything, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
If you took away everything,
[applauding] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
[applauding]
This one I love, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
This one I love,
The difference between a hoarder and a collector - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
The difference between a hoarder and a collector
They think it'’s a pile of junk, then this person'’s a hoarder. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
They think it'’s a pile of junk, then this person'...
If they think, "Oh my God, no one'’s ever kept this before?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
If they think, "Oh my God, no one'’s ever kept thi...