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Of course, industry had passed her by
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Of course,industry had passed her by and the tapes wereno longer viewable because they no...

Of course,
industry had passed her by and the tapes were
no longer viewable because they no longer had
thekind of equipment to show them

Full Transcript

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Of course, industry had passed her by
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and the tapes were no longer viewable
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because they no longer had thekind of equipment to show them.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:05
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.
I think it took away a part of her life - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I think it took away a part of her life
Each is legitimately human - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Each is legitimately human
The problem is some say our memories of that time - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
The problem is some say our memories of that time
♪ Everything, turn, turn, turn ♪ - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
♪ Everything, turn, turn, turn ♪
Bruce Elliott is president of the Anti-Nostalgia Association - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Bruce Elliott is president of the Anti-Nostalgia Association
Well, in the sense thatso much of contemporary culture - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Well, in the sense thatso much of contemporary culture
That if we'’re preoccupied with that decade, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
That if we'’re preoccupied with that decade,
Understand what happened with the civil rights demonstration - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Understand what happened with the civil rights demonstration
We may not get there in one yearor even in one term. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
We may not get there in one yearor even in one term.
But America, I have never been more hopeful - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
But America, I have never been more hopeful
I promise you, we as a people will get there. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
[cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
[cheering]
It feels like, um, it feels like anything is now possible. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
It feels like, um, it feels like anything is now possible.
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can! - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can!
[audience cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
[audience cheering]
She was absolutely determined - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She was absolutely determined
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And she'’s like, "Did you eat that already?"...
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She told me,"Frank, if I'’m like your mother,
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you." - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It'’s just that I'’m upset with you."
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Tanqueray martini, very dry, straight up with a twist.