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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She had an incredible ability to recognize shiftsin media and technology, and she reacted...

She had an incredible ability to recognize shifts
in media and technology, and she reacted to them

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She had an incredible ability
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to recognize shifts in media and technology,
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and she reacted to them.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:55
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.
She became an evangelist for Apple. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
She became an evangelist for Apple.
The first thing she did give mewas an Apple computer. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
The first thing she did give mewas an Apple computer.
She was very interested in us using it - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She was very interested in us using it
She had multiple versions - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She had multiple versions
Well, Ted, Apple Computer says it expects profit margins - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Well, Ted, Apple Computer says it expects profit margins
She really urged the family trust - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She really urged the family trust
I think her first purchases were at about $7 a share. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I think her first purchases were at about $7 a share.
And she'’d insist they hold Apple stock - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
And she'’d insist they hold Apple stock
It definitely increased both the family wealth - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
It definitely increased both the family wealth
"Here'’s to the crazy ones, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:22
"Here'’s to the crazy ones,
One of her other sons - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
One of her other sons
I remember when Steve Jobs died, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
I remember when Steve Jobs died,
She really, really identified with Steve Jobs - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She really, really identified with Steve Jobs
And Steve Jobs'’ story of being adopted, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
And Steve Jobs'’ story of being adopted,
But on that particular day, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
But on that particular day,
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Her mother gave her up ostensibly for economic reasons.
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
But I think my mother tracked her down and found out
I think that, that early sense of abandonment - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I think that, that early sense of abandonment
But she still held those, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
But she still held those, you know,
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
She had, I think, heightened and unrealistic standards