Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)

04/25/2019 (US) • 1h 27m

Documentary

30 years of television. 24 hours a day. 70,000 tapes

Overview

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.

Top Billed Cast

Michael Metelits

Self - Marion Stokes' Son

Marion Stokes

Self (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

media

1970s

socialism

collector

biography

vhs

archive footage

tape recording  

9/11

mass media

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communism

videotape

iran hostage crisis

1980s

activist

1990s

compulsive hoarding

media criticism

media power

film archives

2000s

local television

reclusive

2010s

compulsive collector

lost media

documentary

digital archiving

television

vhs tapes

sandy hook

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