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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

I was thinking, what'’s the purposeof continually taping, but I didn'’t ask her about...

I was thinking, what'’s the purpose
of continually taping, but I didn'’t ask her about it

Full Transcript

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I was thinking,
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what'’s the purpose of continually taping,
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but I didn'’t ask her about it.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:58
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.
I think it was for the betterment of mankind. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I think it was for the betterment of mankind.
You talk among yourselves in a technical language - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
You talk among yourselves in a technical language
You need, you need to deal with people - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
You need, you need to deal with people
It seemed like she was always interested - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
It seemed like she was always interested
John and Marion were working on - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
John and Marion were working on
To have a confrontation, let'’s say, Jewish/Christian, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:15
To have a confrontation, let'’s say, Jewish/Christian,...
So that this concept of really opening yourself is, uh, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
So that this concept of really opening yourself is, uh,
I completely believe they were really fighting for justice - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
I completely believe they were really fighting for justice
Any conceptual prejudice or any misinformation - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Any conceptual prejudice or any misinformation
And when it'’s examined in this, uh, spirit of affirmation, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:15
And when it'’s examined in this, uh, spirit of affirmat...
You know, I was this guy from the street corner - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
You know, I was this guy from the street corner
I knew that he didn'’t work, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I knew that he didn'’t work,
It was real '’60s type of thing and we'’d hang out together. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was real '’60s type of thing and we'’d hang out...
His quest was always, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
His quest was always,
This phoniness, this, this role playing, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
This phoniness, this, this role playing,
And I realized he was trying to do the same things - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
And I realized he was trying to do the same things
Marion had that same goal. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Marion had that same goal.
I respect a person who will deal with, with... - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I respect a person who will deal with, with...
With my ideas or with the situation, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
With my ideas or with the situation,
Not, not my credentials - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Not, not my credentials