Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project is a 2019 documentary film directed by Matt Wolf about Marion Stokes and the television news archive she created.[3][4] Stokes captured 840,000 hours of news footage over the course of 35 years, from 1977 until her death in 2012; the VHS and Betamax video recordings were donated to the Internet Archive.[5] The film premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and was released by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber.[6][7][8][9]

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

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.
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. Winsor, Morgan (2013-12-09). "TV producer Marion Stokes' 840,000 hours of news tapes to be archived". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
6. "Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | 2019". Tribeca. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
7. "Review: A woman recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years. This doc tells her story". Los Angeles Times. November 27, 2019.
8. Carey, Matthew (December 2, 2019). "Oscar-Contending Doc 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' Reveals "Reclusive Activist" Behind Massive News Archive". Deadline.
9. Kay, Jeremy (2019-08-06). "Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber team up on 'Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 2020-02-21.