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DVD

Recorder : the Marion Stokes project

Author

Matt Wolf

Call Number

  • DVD 791.45 R3114 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Zeitgeist Films, [2020]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (87 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Marion Stokes was secretly recording American television 24 hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the Iranian Hostage Crisis at the dawn of the twenty-four-hour news cycle. It 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 revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows, and commercials that told us who we were, and show how television shaped the world of today.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

Originally released as a documentary in 2019.

Bonus featues: Audio commentary by director Matt Wolf ; episodes of Marion Stokes's TV show Input ; theatrical trailer.

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