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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She became aware of the power of television to informor misinform people when she started...

She became aware of the power of television to inform
or misinform people when she started working
on a television program in the late 1960s

Full Transcript

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She became aware of the power
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of television to inform or misinform people
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when she started working on a television program
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in the late 1960s.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:53
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.
It was a current affairs discussion program - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
It was a current affairs discussion program
They would assemble experts on a topic. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
They would assemble experts on a topic.
Eugenics, Native American rights, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:14
Eugenics, Native American rights,
♪ Walkin'’ down death row ♪ - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:17
♪ Walkin'’ down death row ♪
Well, I find some people, uh, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
Well, I find some people, uh,
And not understanding the concept of an open community - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
And not understanding the concept of an open community
I'’ve been invited to openness - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
I'’ve been invited to openness
And most people feel thattheir viewpoint is being heard, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
And most people feel thattheir viewpoint is being heard,
The power of mass media to affect public opinion - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The power of mass media to affect public opinion
And she was aware of how the raw story gets filtered - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And she was aware of how the raw story gets filtered
I think there should definitelybe controls of other kinds, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I think there should definitelybe controls of other kinds,
And I think there are so many examples in daily life - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And I think there are so many examples in daily life
Good evening. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Good evening. The U.S. Embassy in Tehran
The Americans inside have been taken prisoner - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
The Americans inside have been taken prisoner
[shouting] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
[shouting]
My mother was very suspicious of the official stories - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
My mother was very suspicious of the official stories
She felt that important information was being lost - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She felt that important information was being lost
Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Some 60 Americans, including our fellow citizen
Officials will continue their search for some way - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Officials will continue their search for some way
A lot of the early reports indicated that there were, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
A lot of the early reports indicated that there were,