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Seeking Mavis Beacon

Um, you inspireda young Black kid..." "...to type and to feel embodiedwith whatever...

Um, you inspired
a young Black kid..." [laughs] "...to type and to feel embodied
with whatever aspiration I had." Right? Like

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Um, you inspired a young Black kid..."
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[laughs]
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"...to type and to feel embodied with whatever aspiration I had."
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Right? Like...
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:31
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.
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.
And so, you're layering these digital styles, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
And so, you're layering these digital styles,
It's, in part, connected to this idea, for me, of, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:13
It's, in part, connected to this idea, for me, of,
[laughing] - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:17
[laughing]
♪ After I'm done, You gonna go see my brother ♪ - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:30
♪ After I'm done, You gonna go see my brother ♪
You know, not being racist or anything like that, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:06
You know, not being racist or anything like that,
With her being Black, I feel like - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:11
With her being Black, I feel like
So, if she was white, then I, - Seeking Mavis Beacon 00:08
So, if she was white, then I,