Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Preview: Season 21 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Reclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth.
A fiercely intelligent activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project peels back the curtain on her life, through a mix of Stokes’ archive of recordings and interviews with those who knew her best.
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Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Preview: Season 21 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A fiercely intelligent activist who became a wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project peels back the curtain on her life, through a mix of Stokes’ archive of recordings and interviews with those who knew her best.
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TV's Power to Influence | Recorder
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Clip: S21 Ep18 | 1m 49s | Activist and archivist Marion Stokes first realized power of mass media to influence minds (1m 49s)
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