#Seeking Mavis Beacon

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Seeking Mavis Beacon

directed by Jazmin Jones, 2024

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Seeking Mavis Beacon (dir. Jazmin Jones) x DOXA 2024. (via The Independent)

Two women investigate the disappearance of the iconic real-life model behind the popular 1980s educational software while raising pertinent issues concerning our relationship to technology. Jones and her friend, Carribean-American video artist Olivia McKayla Ross, create their own portrait of their image of "Mavis Beacon" while blending the facts they uncover with their own fictional interpretations. Their exercise feels like an experimental detour interrogating our cultural fascinations (like true crime or conspiratorial fare) as they figure out who Renee L’Esperance, a Haitian immigrant model, perfume saleswoman, and the face behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, really is and why she vanished from public life entirely.

Screening as part of the 2024 DOXA Documentary Film Festival at The Cinematheque on May 12.

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Films Watched in 2025 - (7/???)

Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024) Jazmin Jones – (3/5)

While it meanders a bit here and there and can be visually busy at times (even putting aside the Windows XP background on a Mac OS layout), I'm not going to sit here and claim I could have made anything better at that age (or even now), particularly lacking the seemingly endless funds for certain elements of the tale.

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new-to-me #65 - Seeking Mavis Beacon

[themnmovieman]

Movie Review ~ Seeking Mavis Beacon

Seeking Mavis Beacon Synopsis: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing was educational software that taught millions globally, but the program’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY investigators search for the unsung cultural icon, while questioning notions of digital security, AI, and Black representation in the digital realmStars: Jazmin Jones, Olivia McKayla RossDirector: Jazmin…

[feeldirt]

Ugh seeking Mavis beacon is soooo good like the art of having zero digital footprint and wanting to be unknown… like wow Rene aka Mavis did NOT want to be found… also I’ve always knew Al and technically is racist but DAMN it’s like a reflection of society and of course the whole world is racist.

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Does 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Bring a Digital Icon Back to Her Home Keys?

Does 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Bring a Digital Icon Back to Her Home Keys?

ASDF ;LKJ (CREDIT: NEON) Starring: Not Mavis Beacon Director: Jazmin Renée Jones Running Time: 102 Minutes Rating: Unrated Release Date: August 30, 2024 (IFC Center in New York City)/September 6, 2024 (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago)/September 13, 2024 (Additional Cities) What’s It About?: In a case of “Only 90s Kids Can Understand,” Seeking Mavis Beacon doggedly attempts to uncover the…

[indigozeal]

There's a Mavis Beacon documentary: Seeking Mavis Beacon. Its website is pretty great. Sadly predictable news from the Slant review: "The model for Mavis is a very real Haitian immigrant named Renée L’Espérance, who was paid $500 for her likeness before falling off the grid."

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The doc mentions aunt jemima in the beginning but then the ppl in the doc treat it like henrietta lacks situation. Like yes there's things wrong here and itd be great if those got adressed

Trying to meet the mavis beacon doc where its at but im getting annoyed in a similar way i am w certain youtubers with do called deep dives or 'analysis'

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'This is Me Now: A Love Story' is a grand exploration of Jennifer Lopez's love life

Jennifer Lopez is no stranger to telling love stories, and with This is Me… Now: A Love Story, she’s ready to tell her own. It’s not so much an autobiography as it is an interpretive documentary with more oomph and stature than the recent Seeking Mavis Beacon.  [Warning: spoilers from Jennifer Lopez’s This is Me… Now: A Love Story are below!] The essence of Jennifer Lopez’s This is Me… Now: A…

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Saturday, December 28, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

AMAZON PRIME CANADA SEEKING MAVIS BEACON

NETFLIX CANADA ALICE, DARLING MAESTRO IN BLUE (GR) (Season 3)

2024 SPENGLER CUP (TSN3) 9:00am: Dynamo Pardubice vs. Karpat Oulu (TSN3) 2:00pm: Canada vs. Straubing Tigers

2025 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY (TSN/TSN5) 1:00pm: Kazakhstan vs. Czechia (TSN/TSN5) 3:30pm: Latvia vs. USA

NHL HOCKEY (TSN2) 1:00pm: Habs vs. Panthers (SNPacific) 4:00pm: Kraken vs. Canucks (SNEast/SNWest) 4:00pm: Oilers vs. Kings (CBC/SN) 7:00pm: Capitals vs. Leafs (SNWest/SN360) 7:00pm: Sens vs. Jets (CBC/SN) 10:00pm: Flames vs. Sharks

NFL FOOTBALL (TSN4) 1:00pm: Chargers vs. Patriots (TSN3/TSN4) 4:30pm: Broncos vs. Bengals (TSN3/TSN4) 8:15pm: Cardinals vs. Rams

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 3:00pm: Heat vs. Hawks (SN1) 6:00pm: Thunder vs. Hornets (SN1) 8:30pm: Suns vs. Warriors

NLL LACROSSE (TSN/TSN5) 7:00pm: Black Bears vs. Rock

THE LOST CITY (Crave) 9:00pm: Reclusive author Loretta Sage goes on tour to promote her new adventure novel with handsome cover model Alan. When Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who's looking for a lost treasure, Alan tries to become a real hero and rescue her.

ORDINARY ANGELS (Crave) 11:00pm: A struggling hairdresser finds a renewed sense of purpose when she meets a widowed father and his two daughters. With his youngest critically ill and waiting for a liver transplant, the fierce woman rallies an entire community to help.

TAKEN (CTV) 12:30am: A former spy puts his extensive training to the test when he must rescue his kidnapped daughter from sex-slave traffickers.

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‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Soundtrack to A Coup d’Etat’ Lead 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations

Sugarcane earned a leading five nominations as the IDA Documentary Awards announced its nominees today, followed closely by Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat with four. Black Box Diaries, My Sweet Land, and Queendom earned three nominations apiece. Also earning multiple nominations were Agent of Happiness, No Other Land, Seeking Mavis Beacon, and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, each with…

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11/26

Are You Afraid Of The Dark? ('19) Attachment (Blu Ray only) Bad Actor Blink Twice Cooley High (Criterion Blu Ray only) Drunken Master II (Blu Ray) Feardotcom (Blu Ray only) Forbidden City Cop From Beijing With Love Gorgeous Gorillaz: Demon Days Live Hollywood 90028 (Blu Ray only) It Ends With Us Karnal (Blu Ray only) The Reflecting Skin (Blu Ray) Risky Business (Criterion Blu Ray) Rumble In The Bronx Seeking Mavis Beacon Vibes

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I went to a writing class yesterday at a local library it was cute and silly. I’ve realized my brain is completely fried and I need to write and read a lot more than I think I should.

The class was full of non white ppl(only 5 of us lol) for a moment I remembered how much I love my city. I felt safe. I met real people who have many yrs behind them… witnessing them wanting more. I met someone around my age, soft-spoken quiet but obviously so brilliant and had things to say.

After, I went to the movies…seeking Mavis beacon. It was so good, made me feel seen and questioned what technology means to me? God that movie was so well done. It touched on so much racism and technology. You cannot separate the software program or AI from the creator. It was giving very much Wizard of Oz who is behind the curtain and ofc It’s always racist white men… the movie was incredibly funny and relatable… spiritual even. We should all be detectives in some type of way.

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Video Fridays: SEEKING MAVIS BEACON (trailer)

Something about this trailer reminded me of the early days of the Apple ][ in elementary schools. Not that there were any computers in my elementary school when I was a student, it’s more a fact that Apple ][s were still the computer of choice when I started teaching in 1995. But the story of Mavis Beacon looks like it’s about more than nostalgia for primitive 8-bit typing tutorials. Until…