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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It was like "“DrivingMiss Daisy"” in reverse

It was like "“Driving
Miss Daisy"” in reverse

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It was like "“Driving Miss Daisy"” in reverse.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:05:45
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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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.
Everything was absolutely ritualized. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Everything was absolutely ritualized.
We had to make sure there was no one in the vicinity - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
We had to make sure there was no one in the vicinity
You know, she would sweep, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
You know, she would sweep,
I do have a memory of demonstrations, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I do have a memory of demonstrations,
Sent to my mother saying, you know, well, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Sent to my mother saying, you know, well,
She was the Philadelphia Chairman - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She was the Philadelphia Chairman
At her core she was motivated by a belief in human freedom. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
At her core she was motivated by a belief in human freedom.
They spent some time in Mexico - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
They spent some time in Mexico
I found a journal entry from my mother from around that time - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
I found a journal entry from my mother from around that time
My mother was fired from her job as a librarian - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
My mother was fired from her job as a librarian
You know, she was definitely spied on by the FBI. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
You know, she was definitely spied on by the FBI.
And we know that she had a file - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And we know that she had a file
She was justified in feeling being watched. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She was justified in feeling being watched.
For personality reasons, I think my mother kind of - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
For personality reasons, I think my mother kind of
She made it very difficult on my father - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She made it very difficult on my father
We are responding to desperate distress calls - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
We are responding to desperate distress calls
The themes that she really liked were that Earth - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The themes that she really liked were that Earth
That there was this kind of multi-racial, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
That there was this kind of multi-racial,
You know, it was basically kind of televised socialism. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
You know, it was basically kind of televised socialism.
She didn'’t start recording the news immediately. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
She didn'’t start recording the news immediately.