Regardless of her start date, she was recording for more than 30 years, in a manner that her son described as part of her impulse to save and hoard, but also “a form of activism.” Her recordings continued until her death in 2012, and covered nine news stations, according to the 2019 documentary “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project.”Īccording to the documentary website, her recordings truly began in 1979. But, according to her son, Michael Metelits, who spoke to the Inquirer in a number of interviews, her taping became constant at the onset of the Iran hostage crisis in 1979 when “she hit record and she never stopped.” She was also bolstered with the founding of CNN in 1980 that ushered in an era of 24-hour news coverage, where reporters tracked every development of a story in real time. While many report that she started recording in 1975, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that she began intermittently taping television programming in 1976.
By 1980 she began recording full time on multiple VCRs, starting with two or three and moving on to eight. According to a profile of Stokes in Atlas Obscura, in 1975, she purchased a Betamax magnetic videotape recorder through which she began her archival project. Stokes was a Black social justice activist and a television producer.
It is the largest known archive of television by an individual. TIL of Marion Stokes, a civil activist who purchased a Betamax VCR in 1975 and never looked back, recording thousands of hours of television over nearly four decades with multiple VCR decks, creating an archive of over 70,000 tapes. A Reddit post purported to detail her remarkable life: If you want to learn more or get your hands on some of their cider, visit their storefront.Marion Stokes was an activist who preserved more than three decades’ worth of television recordings, resulting in what some say is one of the largest known personal archive of such material. Being punchy, tart, and delicious, we decided to pair this with some of the dark chocolate notes of Unreal chocolate snacks. This 6% abv cider is made with Marion blackberries and comes in a 12oz can. Today, we review one of their flagship ciders, Made Marion.
Established in 2010, this independently-owned and independently-operated cider house delivery high-quality ciders in a variety of flavors. And, these are both items you can get right now during quarantine! This cider & snack should leave you much happier and, hopefully, healthier when looking down the candy aisle.Ģ Towns Ciderhouse is located in Oregon and churns out some of the most accessible and tasty cider in the US. These are not only delicious, playing on the berry/chocolate combination, but they are better than the treats you might be currently consuming. We were able to try 2 Town’s Made Marion and two of Unreal Chocolate’s offerings. Luckily, once this is all over, this note will be irrelevant and date the content, but it was worthy to mention as we want everyone to be happy and healthy.īeing happy and healthy led us to our latest installment of Cider and Snacks! For this episode, we will be reviewing a berry cider and a healthier chocolate snack. We hope everyone is doing well during the quarantine.