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Could have an hour-long phone conversation with my mother
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Could have an hour-long phoneconversation with my mother during which theremight be...

Could have an hour-long phone
conversation with my mother during which there
might be fifteen minutes of actual talking and the
rest of it was just silence

Full Transcript

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Could have an hour-long phone conversation with my mother
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during which there might be fifteen minutes
00:00:06.222 --> 00:00:08.747
of actual talking and the rest of it was just silence.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:02
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.
As this century ends, um, we have seen - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
As this century ends, um, we have seen
In Times Square, eyes are up there on the ball. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
In Times Square, eyes are up there on the ball.
[cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
[cheering]
I don'’t remember how long it had been since I had contact, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I don'’t remember how long it had been since I had cont...
Marion wouldn'’t or couldn'’t, maybe. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Marion wouldn'’t or couldn'’t, maybe.
At one point I asked her, "Okay, if you don'’t answer - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:17
At one point I asked her, "Okay, if you don'’t ans...
I just sat in Rittenhouse Square and waited to see - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I just sat in Rittenhouse Square and waited to see
He'’s making his way up along 18th Street, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
He'’s making his way up along 18th Street,
I just happened to see you here." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I just happened to see you here."
He sat down and said, "Let'’s talk." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:17
He sat down and said, "Let'’s talk."
And he said, "Don'’t ever tell Marion that we spoke here." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
And he said, "Don'’t ever tell Marion that we spok...
They were there theirselves, sitting in their chairs - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
They were there theirselves, sitting in their chairs
And if I would come in or whatever, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And if I would come in or whatever, you know,
The way they treated each otherwas just amazing. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
The way they treated each otherwas just amazing.
I think at that point in her life she had ousted everyone. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I think at that point in her life she had ousted everyone.
She was content with just her and John. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
She was content with just her and John.
And he sacrificed himself for her. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
And he sacrificed himself for her.
You know, I believe that - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
You know, I believe that
She said, "People can'’t take knowledge from you." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She said, "People can'’t take knowledge from you.&...
The fact that she was knowledgeable is what kept her - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The fact that she was knowledgeable is what kept her