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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

There was a wall of tapes and there were little stickies on them

There was a wall of tapes and there were little stickies on them

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There was a wall of tapes
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and there were little stickies on them.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:28
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.
CNN, a certain date and time, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
CNN, a certain date and time,
[indistinct chatter] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
[indistinct chatter]
But that seemed to get in the way of having real contact - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
But that seemed to get in the way of having real contact
She collected between forty and fifty thousand books. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She collected between forty and fifty thousand books.
She voraciously read them. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She voraciously read them.
I think she said she had nine apartments or homes. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I think she said she had nine apartments or homes.
You know, she got obsessed with the syrup containers - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
You know, she got obsessed with the syrup containers
We kept them in bags, we called them burn bags - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
We kept them in bags, we called them burn bags
She got different books that said, "My life is a mess" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:14
She got different books that said, "My life is a mess&q...
[applauding] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
[applauding]
What do you think we would find if we went to your house - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
What do you think we would find if we went to your house
And I would say, "Marion, where do you want me to put it?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And I would say, "Marion, where do you want me to put i...
Having all these magazines and books piled up around her, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Having all these magazines and books piled up around her,
If you took away everything, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
If you took away everything,
[applauding] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
[applauding]
This one I love, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
This one I love,
The difference between a hoarder and a collector - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
The difference between a hoarder and a collector
They think it'’s a pile of junk, then this person'’s a hoarder. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
They think it'’s a pile of junk, then this person'...
If they think, "Oh my God, no one'’s ever kept this before?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
If they think, "Oh my God, no one'’s ever kept thi...
I'’d say, if this were to go to auction today, conservatively, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I'’d say, if this were to go to auction today, conserva...