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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

So my mother started taping really, at the birthof the 24-hour news cycle

So my mother started taping really, at the birth
of the 24-hour news cycle

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So my mother started taping
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really, at the birth of the 24-hour news cycle.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:55
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.
Then she, she really, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Then she, she really,
I recall there were times when - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I recall there were times when
Normally, there were three to five tapes recording. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Normally, there were three to five tapes recording.
People would say things, like, "Well, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
People would say things, like, "Well,
She understood that this was changing, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She understood that this was changing,
And if we came in and the tape stopped, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And if we came in and the tape stopped,
"The tape is ended, what happened?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
"The tape is ended, what happened?"
She always knew exactly - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She always knew exactly
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff,
She was concerned someone else would know what she was taping. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She was concerned someone else would know what she was tapin...
And she said, "I can tape what I want - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And she said, "I can tape what I want
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed
She would often ask the people, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She would often ask the people,
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand...
When she moved into The Barclay, she said - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
When she moved into The Barclay, she said
She was secretive about the process of recording - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
She was secretive about the process of recording
Lucy Coleman and Liz are identical twins - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Lucy Coleman and Liz are identical twins
The odds of twins living a century are said to be - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
The odds of twins living a century are said to be
This is the greatest thing this town has ever had. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
This is the greatest thing this town has ever had.
- That'’s fine, thank you. - You'’re very welcome. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
- That'’s fine, thank you. - You'’re very welcome....