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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

We had to make sure therewas no one in the vicinity when we went outthe front doors

We had to make sure there
was no one in the vicinity when we went out
the front doors

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We had to make sure there was no one in the vicinity
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when we went out the front doors.
Duration
5 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:53
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.
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
We are responding to desperate distress calls - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
We are responding to desperate distress calls
The themes that she really liked were that Earth - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
The themes that she really liked were that Earth
That there was this kind of multi-racial, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
That there was this kind of multi-racial,
You know, it was basically kind of televised socialism. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
You know, it was basically kind of televised socialism.
She didn'’t start recording the news immediately. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
She didn'’t start recording the news immediately.
I'’m goin' over here and sit down. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
I'’m goin' over here and sit down.
I do what I usually do, look at TV. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
I do what I usually do, look at TV.