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Recorder: Marion Stokes Project
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Marion Stokes was secretly recording American television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years. lt started in 1979 with the Iranian Hostage Crisis at the dawn of the twenty-four-hour news cycle. lt ended on December 14, 2012 while the Sandy Hook massacre played on television as Marion passed away. In between, Marion recorded on 70,000 VHS
tapes, capturing revoIutions, Iies, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, taIk shows, and commerciaIs that told us who we were, and show how teIevision shaped the world of today.
A mystery in the form of a time capsuIe, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project deIves into the strange life of a radical Communist activist who became a fabuIousIy wealthy and reclusive archivist. Marion’s work was crazy but it was aIso genius, and she wouId pay a
profound price for dedicating her life to this visionary and maddening project.
SpeciaI Features:
-Audio commentary by director Matt WoIf
-Episodes of Marion Stokes's TV Show "INPUT"
-Theatrical Trailer |
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