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You know, she was sitting up, they'’d propped her up
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

You know, she was sitting up,they'’d propped her up and she was just lookingvery, very...

You know, she was sitting up,
they'’d propped her up and she was just looking
very, very peaceful

Full Transcript

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You know, she was sitting up, they'’d propped her up
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and she was just looking very, very peaceful.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:07
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.
But on the news, and you know, we kind of left the news running - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
But on the news, and you know, we kind of left the news runn...
And there was this horrific story unfolding. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
And there was this horrific story unfolding.
We are now, uh, multiple hours into this horrific, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:15
We are now, uh, multiple hours into this horrific,
Again, we'’re hearing closer to 30 killed at the school - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Again, we'’re hearing closer to 30 killed at the school...
Keep in mind, this school is kindergarten - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Keep in mind, this school is kindergarten
And my mom'’s breathing was getting shallower and shallower - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
And my mom'’s breathing was getting shallower and shall...
I said, "You know, it looks likeyour ride'’s here, you know?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:18
I said, "You know, it looks likeyour ride'’s here,...
It was kind of scary in the apartment - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was kind of scary in the apartment
She really did value my capabilities - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She really did value my capabilities
It'’s changed my view of our relationship. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It'’s changed my view of our relationship.
Michael said that, "This is my mother'’s whole life. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
Michael said that, "This is my mother'’s whole lif...
It would be like throwing her whole life away - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
It would be like throwing her whole life away
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half.
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses
Got rid of the Apple computers, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Got rid of the Apple computers,
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a pod. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a po...
They were like 16 foot long, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
They were like 16 foot long,
We were very afraid nobody wants these - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
We were very afraid nobody wants these
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies.
Every news broadcast for 35 years - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Every news broadcast for 35 years