Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

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

Nov 15 2019 Unrated 1h 27m
Documentary

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Matt Wolf

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

End Cue, Electric Chinoland

Languages

English

Awards

4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
676
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
75
Popularity
NA