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.
This is such a haunting story, and it left me with so many questions about life and truth. As it turns out, even if you have the truth on tape, people will invent alternative truths. If only she could have had that knowledge.
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Movie title: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2020-05-13
Director(s): Matt Wolf
Actor(s): Michael Metelits, Marion Stokes
Genre: Documentary
My Review
This is such a haunting story, and it left me with so many questions about life and truth. As it turns out, even if you have the truth on tape, people will invent alternative truths. If only she could have had that knowledge.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10