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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You had to be sitting rightnext to her holding her hand

[indistinct television remarks] You had to be sitting right
next to her holding her hand

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You had to be sitting right next to her holding her hand.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:46
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.
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
We now have FOX News Channel that'’s available - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
We now have FOX News Channel that'’s available
You wonder, what is the role of Channel Five News, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
You wonder, what is the role of Channel Five News,
When I sat her up and I remember her eyes were open - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:18
When I sat her up and I remember her eyes were open
Taking her home."” - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Taking her home."”
You know, she was sitting up, they'’d propped her up - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
You know, she was sitting up, they'’d propped her up
But on the news, and you know, we kind of left the news running - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
But on the news, and you know, we kind of left the news runn...
And there was this horrific story unfolding. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
And there was this horrific story unfolding.