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Seeking Mavis Beacon

Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.

Director

Jazmin Jones

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

NEON,BelleMoon Productions,Field of Vision

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage

https://neonrated.com/films/seeking-mavis-beacon

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an internationally-known star
of sorts. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

an internationally-known star of sorts.

[Jazmin]
We're looking for a tiny game - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] We're looking for a tiny game

Because I had to type,
and I-- I wasn't a fast typer, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Because I had to type, and I-- I wasn't a fast typer,

What is that?
Oh, that-- Oh, Dave Matthews. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

What is that? Oh, that-- Oh, Dave Matthews.

[both chuckle] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

How you been?
It's been a while!" - Seeking Mavis Beacon

How you been? It's been a while!"

[Jazmin] If I were
"Mavis Beacon..." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] If I were "Mavis Beacon..."

Yeah, I don't know.
But this is-- - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Yeah, I don't know. But this is--

That is the kind of box
it would be in. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

That is the kind of box it would be in.

We don't find it,
I guess I have to contend - Seeking Mavis Beacon

We don't find it, I guess I have to contend

She's, like,
a 19-year-old coder, tech-- - Seeking Mavis Beacon

She's, like, a 19-year-old coder, tech--

[harp music playing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[harp music playing]

Um, the zoom is up top here. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Um, the zoom is up top here.

I'm doing Face ID
with a face full of camera, man. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I'm doing Face ID with a face full of camera, man.

[upbeat music playing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[upbeat music playing]

I'm a filmmaker
and an archivist. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I'm a filmmaker and an archivist.

I definitely, like,
could write a handbook - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I definitely, like, could write a handbook

I mean, the Internet is, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I mean, the Internet is, like,

I kind of just,
like, fell into it. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I kind of just, like, fell into it.

-[scattered greetings]
-[giggling] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

-[scattered greetings] -[giggling]

I'm an eighth grader
at the Q004 school in Queens, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I'm an eighth grader at the Q004 school in Queens,

[woman] Expert computer coder, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[woman] Expert computer coder,

My brother brought home
this book on HTML and CSS, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

My brother brought home this book on HTML and CSS,

The first metaphor
that I was given for, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

The first metaphor that I was given for, like,

If I can address
Renée Lesperance, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

If I can address Renée Lesperance,

Oh, that's-- Okay, my first
thought is, "You did it." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Oh, that's-- Okay, my first thought is, "You did i...

Um, you inspired
a young Black kid..." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Um, you inspired a young Black kid..."

It was nice to see
a familiar face, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It was nice to see a familiar face,

Um, I called about an order,
um, placed for Olivia Ross. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Um, I called about an order, um, placed for Olivia Ross.

[woman] The black
and white print-- - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[woman] The black and white print--

[Mandy Williams] Would
my relationship to computers, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Mandy Williams] Would my relationship to computers,

The people who
I was learning from, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

The people who I was learning from,

Um, and, like, I remember
being kind of, like, stoked, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Um, and, like, I remember being kind of, like, stoked,

-Mavis Beacon.
-[Olivia] You know Mavis Beacon? - Seeking Mavis Beacon

-Mavis Beacon. -[Olivia] You know Mavis Beacon?

[Maya] She's, like,
a digital Black woman, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Maya] She's, like, a digital Black woman,

[Jazmin] We gonna get to
the bottom of it, sir, you know? - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] We gonna get to the bottom of it, sir, you know?

[answering machine beeps] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[answering machine beeps]

[Mandy] Black women typing, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Mandy] Black women typing,

Like, there's something
about the style - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Like, there's something about the style

And there's something about
the way that we speak. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

And there's something about the way that we speak.

And so, you're layering
these digital styles, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

And so, you're layering these digital styles,

It's, in part, connected to
this idea, for me, of, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It's, in part, connected to this idea, for me, of,

[laughing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

♪ After I'm done,
You gonna go see my brother ♪ - Seeking Mavis Beacon

♪ After I'm done, You gonna go see my brother ♪

You know, not being racist
or anything like that, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

You know, not being racist or anything like that,

With her being Black,
I feel like - Seeking Mavis Beacon

With her being Black, I feel like

So, if she was white, then I, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

So, if she was white, then I,

It would just be white noise.
[laughs] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It would just be white noise. [laughs]

It'll be like, "White Noise
Teaches Typing." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It'll be like, "White Noise Teaches Typing."

[Jazmin] This is Mavis Beacon.
This is the woman... - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] This is Mavis Beacon. This is the woman...

[Mavis] Click here
to start your typing lesson. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Mavis] Click here to start your typing lesson.

[Mavis] Click here
to start your typing lesson. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Mavis] Click here to start your typing lesson.

Okay, let's see if we could...
[laughs] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Okay, let's see if we could... [laughs]

Because she looks real.
See? Tada! - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Because she looks real. See? Tada!

[Jazmin chuckles]
What if I told you - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin chuckles] What if I told you

All right, well, Mavis Beacon
isn't a real person, Imani. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

All right, well, Mavis Beacon isn't a real person, Iman...

-No!
-[laughing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

-No! -[laughing]

[yelling playfully] - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[yelling playfully]

[man] There was,
like, some mass hysteria - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[man] There was, like, some mass hysteria

[Jazmin] No one's
reported any sightings - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] No one's reported any sightings

Okay, so I was thinking
we could read the articles - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Okay, so I was thinking we could read the articles

"She's bright, attractive,
helpful, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

"She's bright, attractive, helpful,

"But, and you'd
better sit down for this, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

"But, and you'd better sit down for this,

"She's a retired
Caribbean-born fashion model - Seeking Mavis Beacon

"She's a retired Caribbean-born fashion model

And she's probably not sleeping
on stacks of money, either. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

And she's probably not sleeping on stacks of money, eit...

According to that story,
she does not collect residuals." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

According to that story, she does not collect residuals.&quo...

'Three guys, three computers, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

'Three guys, three computers,

"Abrams described
Renée Lesperance - Seeking Mavis Beacon

"Abrams described Renée Lesperance

She's our symbo of excellence.'" - Seeking Mavis Beacon

She's our symbo of excellence.'"

What are--
What do we know to be true? - Seeking Mavis Beacon

What are-- What do we know to be true?

We know the location where
they met Renée Lesperance. - Seeking Mavis Beacon

We know the location where they met Renée Lesperance.

We know that Les Crane
walked in with Joe Abrams, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

We know that Les Crane walked in with Joe Abrams,

[Olivia] And says, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Olivia] And says,

Once Les Crane died, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Once Les Crane died,

In fact, this is maybe
the only one, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

In fact, this is maybe the only one,

It's important
that we see ourselves reflected - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It's important that we see ourselves reflected

[BINA48] Whether they
are real or artificial, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[BINA48] Whether they are real or artificial,

If that is the way - Seeking Mavis Beacon

If that is the way

Like, in the future,
we will be this flat thing, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Like, in the future, we will be this flat thing,

[Jazmin] Who do you think
Mavis Beacon's people are? - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[Jazmin] Who do you think Mavis Beacon's people are?

Like, there's a part of me that, - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Like, there's a part of me that,

But then, "who are
Mavis's people" in a deeper way - Seeking Mavis Beacon

But then, "who are Mavis's people" in a deepe...

Would you say that technology
and their developers... - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Would you say that technology and their developers...

Like, how... how far,
how close can it be? - Seeking Mavis Beacon

Like, how... how far, how close can it be?

I think it's really hard
to separate - Seeking Mavis Beacon

I think it's really hard to separate

So, small clusters
of mostly white men still - Seeking Mavis Beacon

So, small clusters of mostly white men still

So then, the question for me
becomes, "Well, what do we do?" - Seeking Mavis Beacon

So then, the question for me becomes, "Well, what do we...

And then,
there's another article - Seeking Mavis Beacon

And then, there's another article

At first, it was like, "Ooh... - Seeking Mavis Beacon

At first, it was like, "Ooh...

It'd be cool
if we could talk to her." - Seeking Mavis Beacon

It'd be cool if we could talk to her."

Seeking Mavis Beacon poster

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Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jazmin Jones

Writer: Jazmin Jones

Production: NEON,BelleMoon Productions,Field of Vision

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 Jan 2024

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: https://neonrated.com/films/seeking-mavis-beacon