Panorama Visit w/ Film-in-Residence: "RECORDER: The Marion Stokes Project"

BOOK A TOUR & WATCH A FILM!

--- Film-in-Residence is a series of casual film viewings on Saturday afternoons, accompanied by a self-guided tour of the exhibits at the Velaslavasay Panorama. ---

This month's film is: RECORDER: The Marion Stokes Project (2019) directed by Matt Wolf.

A mystery in the form of a time capsule, the documentary delves into the extraordinary life of Marion Stokes, a radical Communist activist who became a fabulously wealthy recluse archivist that secretly recorded American television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years.

SATURDAYS, AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Doors open: 3:30pm

Tour the exhibits: 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Film: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

----INCLUDING THE ILLUSTRATIVE TABLEAU---

Scene of a Recording

Marion Stokes recorded American television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. It started in 1979 with the Iranian Hostage Crisis at the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle, and ended on December 14, 2012 while the Sandy Hook massacre played on television as Marion passed away. In between, Marion recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, catastrophes, bloopers, talk shows, and commercials that tell us who we were, and show how television shaped the world of today.

RECORDER: The Marion Stokes Project

Directed by Matt Wolf

Edited by Keiko Deguchi

Music by Owen Pallet

2019, 1h 27m, HD Color Video with Mixed Archival Formats

This event and exhibition are sponsored in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society.