Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
30 years of television. 24 hours a day. 70,000 tapes
2019-04-25
United States of America
87 minutes.
Documentarymedia1970ssocialismcollectorbiographyvhsarchive footagetape recording 9/11mass mediavideo recordercommunismvideotapeiran hostage crisis1980sactivist1990scompulsive hoardingmedia criticismmedia powerfilm archives2000slocal televisionreclusive2010scompulsive collectorlost mediadocumentarydigital archivingtelevisionvhs tapessandy hookhome archivearchivistarchiving
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.
Year 2019
Studio End Cue, Electric Chinoland, C41
Director Matt Wolf
Crew Matt Wolf (Director), Keiko Deguchi (Editor), Jaf Farkas (Art Direction), Matt Mitchell (Director of Photography), Walter Kortschak (Executive Producer), Lisa Ciuffetti (Co-Producer)
Popularity 1
Language English
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