Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Thought-Provoking Documentaries
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1h 28m
Directed by Matt Wolf • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
Featuring Marion Stokes, Anne Stokes Hochberg, Frank Hollman
Matt Wolf’s documentary delves into the strange life of Marion Stokes, who obsessively and privately recorded American television news twenty-four hours a day. A civil rights-era radical who became fabulously wealthy and reclusive, her extraordinary legacy is as priceless as her story is remarkable.
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