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Stranger-than-fiction portrait on Marion Stokes, a woman who secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975...
Stranger-than-fiction portrait on Marion Stokes, a woman who secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012.
For Marion, taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.
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95 %40 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
67 %12 reviewsAudience score rating
"As we get to know Marion Stokes, her motivation for doing what she did comes to seem more and more resonant and fascinating and less and less of a private compulsive geek-out."
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Variety
Variety"Intriguing from first minute to last."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Her taping of everything created an irreproducible archive that is enlightening and the stuff of madness."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A character study of a fascinating news-junkie with a mission."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Matt Wolf's documentary reveals the secret greatness of a reclusive activist."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"Strange, sad and finally exhilarating..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The camera doesn't love Stokes, but it certainly respects her."
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe"This documentary shows Stokes to have the fanatical energy of a hoarder, the zeal of an evangelist and the intensity of a visionary."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Obsession, intellect, consumerism, conspiracy, all are here..."
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Financial Times
Financial Times"Dips in the second half but well worth your time."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesRecorder: The Marion Stokes Project | Details
- Runtime
- 87
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
