WCTE and Independent Lens Offer aVirtual Screening & Talkback - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

WCTE and Independent Lens are excited to once again offer an Indie Lens Virtual Screening. This allows you to come together in the comfort of your home and view this great story. Afterwards you will have the opportunity to chat with the film’s Director, Matt Wolf.

This acclaimed documentary explores the strange life of a radical activist-turned recluse who videotaped everything on TV for thirty years in the name of truth. Marion Stokes was dedicated to furthering and protecting the truth — so much so that she recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. Now, the critically acclaimed documentary Recorder: The Marion StokesProject peels back the curtain on her life, through a mix of Stokes’ own archive of recordings and interviews with those who knew her best.

Long before the term “fake news” entered the national conversation, Philadelphia-based activist Marion Stokes recognized the shifting nature of the media and the importance of protecting the truth. Stokes worked in television in the late 1960s and believed in the power of the medium to inform or misinform the public. She determined that a comprehensive archive of national media would one day be invaluable. She began recording television broadcasts in 1979, starting with news broadcasts of the Iranian hostage crisis at the dawn of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, and continuing until her death in 2012.

WCTE will air the documentary on its main channel 22.1 Monday June 15 at 10:00 pm. You can watch it virtually Tuesday June 16th at 6:30 pm. Go to WCTE’s Facebook or WCTE.org/events for a link to the screening. Remember to stay and have your questions ready for the director and enjoy the show!