Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
2019 · Movie · NR · 87 min · ★ 6.5 · 85% critics
A fiercely private media archivist records television around the clock for decades, believing the broadcasts could preserve truth for future generations. The documentary explores the scale of that mission, its personal cost, and the effort to make the vast collection accessible.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-04-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (13 votes)
About
You’ll like this if obsessive personal quests and media history fascinate you; Not for you if you need clear answers or a brisk, tightly focused documentary.
Pros: fascinating subject; thoughtful historical scope; emotional family context | Cons: uneven depth; divisive music; opaque motivations
Themes
- media
- 1970s
- socialism
- collector
- biography
- vhs
- archive footage
- tape recording
- 9/11
- mass media
- video recorder
- communism
- +23 more
Cast & crew
- MM
Michael Metelits
as Self - Marion Stokes' Son
- MS
Marion Stokes
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Matt Wolf