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Those in power are able to write their own history
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Those in power are ableto write their own history, uh, from their own bias

Those in power are able
to write their own history, uh, from their own bias

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Those in power are able to write their own history,
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uh, from their own bias.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:07
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.
And, I think an extension of that certainly would be - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:16
And, I think an extension of that certainly would be
She felt, until the end, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
She felt, until the end,
How can those whoare committed to human potential - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
How can those whoare committed to human potential
How can we get out of the web of violence - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
How can we get out of the web of violence
John was her friend, as well as her husband. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
John was her friend, as well as her husband.
A lot of her energy drained after his death. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
A lot of her energy drained after his death.
She just would cry sometimes. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She just would cry sometimes.
Of course, industry had passed her by - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
Of course, industry had passed her by
I think it took away a part of her life - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I think it took away a part of her life
Each is legitimately human - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
Each is legitimately human
The problem is some say our memories of that time - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
The problem is some say our memories of that time
♪ Everything, turn, turn, turn ♪ - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
♪ Everything, turn, turn, turn ♪
Bruce Elliott is president of the Anti-Nostalgia Association - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Bruce Elliott is president of the Anti-Nostalgia Association
Well, in the sense thatso much of contemporary culture - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Well, in the sense thatso much of contemporary culture
That if we'’re preoccupied with that decade, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
That if we'’re preoccupied with that decade,
Understand what happened with the civil rights demonstration - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Understand what happened with the civil rights demonstration
We may not get there in one yearor even in one term. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
We may not get there in one yearor even in one term.
But America, I have never been more hopeful - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
But America, I have never been more hopeful
I promise you, we as a people will get there. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
[cheering] - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
[cheering]