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Seeking Mavis Beacon

In terms of accessibilityand, like, seeing other peoplewho look like me, it just was...

In terms of accessibility
and, like, seeing other people
who look like me, it just was really, um, groundbreaking and just

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In terms of accessibility and, like,
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seeing other people who look like me,
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it just was really, um,
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groundbreaking and just...
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:58
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
NEON,BelleMoon Productions,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

Investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.
You know, I feel like I've been - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
You know, I feel like I've been
[crying] Like, I don't know if you understand - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
[crying] Like, I don't know if you understand
This is - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
This is
Whenever I designed a piece of software that a person would - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
Whenever I designed a piece of software that a person would
It doesn't take much for a program to give a person - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
It doesn't take much for a program to give a person
I would like to claim that back in 1987, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
I would like to claim that back in 1987,
Um, we were in the right place at the right time. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
Um, we were in the right place at the right time.
Les had a genius idea - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:12
Les had a genius idea
[Joe] When we created the product, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
[Joe] When we created the product,
Nobody had ever seen a Black woman - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
Nobody had ever seen a Black woman
Basically, the orders got cut in half, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:11
Basically, the orders got cut in half,
My-my note... notes say that Les - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
My-my note... notes say that Les
I don't know who he was with at the time. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
I don't know who he was with at the time.
-Well, again, J-Joe would know. -Okay, I'll ask Joe. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
-Well, again, J-Joe would know. -Okay, I'll ask Joe.
One day, Les and I were walking through Downtown Beverly Hills. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
One day, Les and I were walking through Downtown Beverly Hil...
Les said, "I need to run into Saks Fifth Avenue here - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:15
Les said, "I need to run into Saks Fifth Avenue here
She had fingernails that were about three inches long. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
She had fingernails that were about three inches long.
It looked like she had never touched a keyboard in her life. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
It looked like she had never touched a keyboard in her life.
And we said, "Have you ever done any modeling?" - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:17
And we said, "Have you ever done any modeling?"
"All you have to do is come down one Sunday morning. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
"All you have to do is come down one Sunday morning.