Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Year: 2020
Description: Explores the legacy of civil rights activist Marion Stokes, who distrusted how the media portrayed the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis and its manipulation of facts into narratives, so she began a 30-year project to record on videotape news and public affairs programs to create an archive of how television shaped reality.
Director: Wolf, Matt
Producer: Kortschak, Andrew; Kortschak, Walter; Martin, Kyle
Cinematographer: Dapkins, Chris; Mitchell, Matt
Editor: Deguchi, Keiko
Production Team: End Cue, Electric Chinoland, C41 Media, Zeitgeist Films, and Kino Lorber
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Media Format: 1 DVD (87 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (87 min.), or 1 streaming video (87 min.)
Type: Color
Additional Content: The DVD and Blu-ray disc include episodes of Input, a Pennsylvania television show hosted by Marion Stokes.
Production Notes: Broadcast on the PBS television series Independent Lens on June 15, 2020.
Updated: 04-12-2022

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