Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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.
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 25, 2019
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
67%
Original Title
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Production Companies
End Cue, Electric Chinoland, C41
Director
Matt Wolf
Description
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.