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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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Wikipedia article
'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Matt Wolf about Marion Stokes and the television news archive she created.[https://wexarts.org/film-video/recorder-marion-stokes-project?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhZT9BRDmARIsAN2E-J1E9Htcm7Jy6TsdbBCt38EEN2BbEVQaAGH2pnaDxCNRBvZd9_nYTp0aAp6rEALw_wcB Wexner Center of the Arts]
Summary
Stokes captured 840,000 hours of news footage over the course of 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012;[https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/film-review/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-film-review/ Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project review: 35 years of life reflected by TV|The Digital Fix] the VHS and Betamax video recordings were donated to the Internet Archive.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/04/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-review-documentary-television-news Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project review the woman who kept the TV on for 30 years|Documentary films|The Guardian][https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/06/the-endangered-internet-archive-is-full-of-treasures/ The Endangered Internet Archive Is Full of Treasures|Gizmodo Australia]
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and was released and distributed by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/highlights-from-the-2019-tribeca-film-festival-in-new-york-city/ 15 highlights at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC - CBS News]
The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Story' uses one person's singular quest to illuminate the blurred line between brilliance and obsession."
See also
* 'Input'Public-access television talk show featured in the film
* Iran hostage crisis
* September 11 attacks
* Sandy Hook shooting
* Fake news
References
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