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Seeking Mavis Beacon

- My name is Olivia Ross

[scattered greetings]
-[giggling] My name is Olivia Ross

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-[scattered greetings] -[giggling]
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My name is Olivia Ross.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:03
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.
I'm an eighth grader at the Q004 school in Queens, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
I'm an eighth grader at the Q004 school in Queens,
[woman] Expert computer coder, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:12
[woman] Expert computer coder,
My brother brought home this book on HTML and CSS, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
My brother brought home this book on HTML and CSS,
The first metaphor that I was given for, like, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:32
The first metaphor that I was given for, like,
If I can address Renée Lesperance, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
If I can address Renée Lesperance,
Oh, that's-- Okay, my first thought is, "You did it." - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
Oh, that's-- Okay, my first thought is, "You did i...
Um, you inspired a young Black kid..." - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
Um, you inspired a young Black kid..."
It was nice to see a familiar face, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
It was nice to see a familiar face,
Um, I called about an order, um, placed for Olivia Ross. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
Um, I called about an order, um, placed for Olivia Ross.
[woman] The black and white print-- - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
[woman] The black and white print--
[Mandy Williams] Would my relationship to computers, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:09
[Mandy Williams] Would my relationship to computers,
The people who I was learning from, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:23
The people who I was learning from,
Um, and, like, I remember being kind of, like, stoked, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:19
Um, and, like, I remember being kind of, like, stoked,
-Mavis Beacon. -[Olivia] You know Mavis Beacon? - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
-Mavis Beacon. -[Olivia] You know Mavis Beacon?
[Maya] She's, like, a digital Black woman, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:10
[Maya] She's, like, a digital Black woman,
[Jazmin] We gonna get to the bottom of it, sir, you know? - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
[Jazmin] We gonna get to the bottom of it, sir, you know?
[answering machine beeps] - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:56
[answering machine beeps]
[Mandy] Black women typing, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:05
[Mandy] Black women typing,
Like, there's something about the style - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:07
Like, there's something about the style
And there's something about the way that we speak. - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
And there's something about the way that we speak.