Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project is a 2019 documentary film that explores the life and work of Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia-based activist and librarian who recorded television news 24/7 for over 30 years. Stokes believed that the media had a powerful influence on society and wanted to capture and preserve its coverage of major events and cultural shifts for future generations. The film follows her obsessive mission to record every news broadcast, resulting in a massive collection of over 70,000 VHS tapes | |
Rating: 7 Year: 2019 Duration: 87 min |
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