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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Keep in mind,this school is kindergarten through fourth grade,somewhere in-between 18

Keep in mind,
this school is kindergarten through fourth grade,
somewhere in-between 18

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Keep in mind, this school is kindergarten
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through fourth grade, somewhere in-between 18...
Duration
5 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:07
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.
And my mom'’s breathing was getting shallower and shallower - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And my mom'’s breathing was getting shallower and shall...
I said, "You know, it looks likeyour ride'’s here, you know?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:18
I said, "You know, it looks likeyour ride'’s here,...
It was kind of scary in the apartment - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was kind of scary in the apartment
She really did value my capabilities - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She really did value my capabilities
It'’s changed my view of our relationship. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It'’s changed my view of our relationship.
Michael said that, "This is my mother'’s whole life. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Michael said that, "This is my mother'’s whole lif...
It would be like throwing her whole life away - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
It would be like throwing her whole life away
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half.
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses
Got rid of the Apple computers, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Got rid of the Apple computers,
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a pod. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a po...
They were like 16 foot long, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
They were like 16 foot long,
We were very afraid nobody wants these - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
We were very afraid nobody wants these
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies.
Every news broadcast for 35 years - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Every news broadcast for 35 years
Thirty-five years, and for thatwe have this woman to thank, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Thirty-five years, and for thatwe have this woman to thank,
Marion Stokes hit record way back in 1977. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Marion Stokes hit record way back in 1977.
She didn'’t stop until December of 2012. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She didn'’t stop until December of 2012.
All of that history arriving today by truck at an archive - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
All of that history arriving today by truck at an archive
With me now from Philadelphia is Marion Stokes'’ son, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
With me now from Philadelphia is Marion Stokes'’ son,