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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

What do you think we wouldfind if we went to your house with our television camerasand...

What do you think we would
find if we went to your house with our television cameras
and looked into your closet?

Full Transcript

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What do you think we would find if we went to your house
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with our television cameras and looked into your closet?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:55
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 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...
Thank you so much for bringing it in. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Thank you so much for bringing it in.
When you have a institution like a museum or a university - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
When you have a institution like a museum or a university
But when you'’re one lone person, and especially a woman, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
But when you'’re one lone person, and especially a woma...
We shouldn'’t ascribe rationality to those in power - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
We shouldn'’t ascribe rationality to those in power
All news had to be kept - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
All news had to be kept
When something was important, she would want me to sit - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
When something was important, she would want me to sit
A neighborhood watch volunteer told Sanford, Florida police - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
A neighborhood watch volunteer told Sanford, Florida police
Okay, we don'’t need you to do that. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Okay, we don'’t need you to do that.
She wanted to, like, compare - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
She wanted to, like, compare
We are going to demand equal justice under the law. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
We are going to demand equal justice under the law.
We are going to declare poor people'’s independence - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
We are going to declare poor people'’s independence