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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

She laid down what she wanted, what she expected of me, but it was no conversation

She laid down what she wanted, what she expected of me, but it was no conversation

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She laid down what she wanted,
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what she expected of me,
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but it was no conversation.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:14
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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 would have the tapes going on different TVs - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She would have the tapes going on different TVs
So certain TVs, I would change the tapes - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
So certain TVs, I would change the tapes
It was a project for everybody to be doing. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was a project for everybody to be doing.
Now there were some codes of conduct - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Now there were some codes of conduct
It was like "“Driving Miss Daisy"” in reverse. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was like "“Driving Miss Daisy"” in reverse.
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