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

Movie·2019·1h 27m

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

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

Directed By

Matt Wolf

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Kyle Martin, Andrew Kortschak

Cinematography

Chris Dapkins

Editor

Keiko Deguchi

Themes

media1970ssocialismcollectorbiographyvhsarchive footagetape recording  9/11mass mediavideo recordercommunism

Production House

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Polari Pictures

Audience Score

65%

13 votes

Skip12%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection23%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Michael Metelits

Self - Marion Stokes' Son

Marion Stokes

Self (archive footage)

// crew

Crew

Matt Wolf

Matt Wolf

Director

Keiko Deguchi

Editor

Chris Dapkins

Director of Photography

Matt Mitchell

Director of Photography

Kyle Martin

Producer

Andrew Kortschak

Executive Producer

Walter Kortschak

Executive Producer

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