Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

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.[3][4][5]

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Directed byMatt Wolf
Produced by
  • Kyle Martin
  • Andrew Kortschak
  • Walter Kortschak
Cinematography
  • Chris Dapkins
  • Matt Mitchell
Edited byKeiko Deguchi
Music byOwen Pallett
Release date
  • April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25) (Tribeca)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$54,566[1][2]

Summary

Stokes captured 840,000 hours of news footage over the course of 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012;[6] the VHS and Betamax video recordings were donated to the Internet Archive.[7][8][9]

The Iran hostage crisis, which lasted from 1979 to 1981, made Stokes decide to make her project a round-the-clock job due to its continuous development as it happened.[10][11]

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.[12][13][14][15][16]

The film has a 95% 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."[17]

See also
  • Input – Public-access television talk show featured in the film, Stokes was a co-producer of the show before she started her recording project)
  • Sandy Hook shooting – The last ever event recorded by Stokes, news coverage of the shooting was aired on the day she died (December 14, 2012)
  • Fake news

References
  1. "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project". The Numbers. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. Gleiberman, Owen (2019-04-26). "Tribeca Film Review: 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Kenny, Glenn (2019-11-14). "'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' Review: A VCR Obsession". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. Wexner Center of the Arts
  6. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project review: 35 years of life reflected by TV|The Digital Fix
  7. Winsor, Morgan (2013-12-09). "TV producer Marion Stokes' 840,000 hours of news tapes to be archived". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  8. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project review – the woman who kept the TV on for 30 years|Documentary films|The Guardian
  9. The Endangered Internet Archive Is Full of Treasures|Gizmodo Australia
  10. One woman’s incredible VHS collection will live forever on the Internet - The Daily Dot
  11. Little White Lies
  12. "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | 2019". Tribeca. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  13. "Review: A woman recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years. This doc tells her story". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 2019.
  14. Carey, Matthew (December 2, 2019). "Oscar-Contending Doc 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' Reveals "Reclusive Activist" Behind Massive News Archive". Deadline.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. Kay, Jeremy (2019-08-06). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  16. 15 highlights at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC - CBS News
  17. "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
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