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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

But on that particular day, she decided to come homevia Germantown Avenue and she wanted...

But on that particular day, she decided to come home
via Germantown Avenue and she wanted to go
and see her old home

Full Transcript

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But on that particular day,
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she decided to come home via Germantown Avenue
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and she wanted to go and see her old home.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:57
Uploaded
Jun 11, 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.
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons.
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out
I think that, that early sense of abandonment - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I think that, that early sense of abandonment
But she still held those, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
But she still held those, you know,
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards
[distant cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
[distant cheering]
Lift off, and it has cleared the tower. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Lift off, and it has cleared the tower.
I think maybe initially she made efforts. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I think maybe initially she made efforts.
I mean I would visit some and she was friendly, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I mean I would visit some and she was friendly,
Everything had to be together. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Everything had to be together.
I remember her saying, "Oh, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
I remember her saying, "Oh, you know,
There was no sense of sort of being a family with them, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
There was no sense of sort of being a family with them,
Gossip usually affirms some sort of a norm - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
Gossip usually affirms some sort of a norm
And who decides what'’s normal, and I think maybe - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
And who decides what'’s normal, and I think maybe
If I would disagree with her, I'’d get blasted. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
If I would disagree with her, I'’d get blasted.
And Michael said, basically, she was like that, too. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
And Michael said, basically, she was like that, too.
We would have a six-hour argument with her. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
We would have a six-hour argument with her.
It was a long point of contention between her and me - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
It was a long point of contention between her and me
You know, my mother, um, really could... - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
You know, my mother, um, really could...
Could quite be very cruel if she thought you weren'’t - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Could quite be very cruel if she thought you weren'’t