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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

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

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Documentary

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

25 April 2019

Country

United States of America

Cast

Michael Metelits

Michael Metelits

Self - Marion Stokes' Son

Marion Stokes

Marion Stokes

Self (archive footage)

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