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The ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Filmmakers Went Looking for a Black Technology Icon. The Only Problem? She Didn’t Want to Be Found

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you learned to type in the 1980s or ’90s, there’s a decent chance you had some help from Mavis Beacon. The fictional avatar was ...
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She taught a generation to type. But who is the real Mavis Beacon?

Regarding her search for the "real" Mavis Beacon, digital artist Jazmin Jones says: "We want to hear from you." Credit: JAZMIN JONES / OLIVIA MCKAYLA ROSS / JULES RETZLAFF / OWEN SMITH CLARK / IAN ...
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Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

Though the name "Mavis Beacon" might not mean much to modern-day kids, to those who came of age in the late 1980s and 1990s, it surely does. "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" was a software program ...
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Find out how this Haitian became Mavis Beacon, and what she earned for teaching the world to type

Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host ...
TheWrap

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Joyous Look at a Shadowy Pop Culture Figure

“Seeking Mavis Beacon” is a documentary about (stick with me here) seeking Mavis Beacon. But, what it is not (and stick with me here, too) is a documentary about finding Mavis Beacon. Because whether ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: An Enlightening Debut Doc Dives Into the Past to Ponder the Digital Future

Two women investigate the real person behind an educational software from the '80s, raising urgent questions about our relationship to technology. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic If you came of ...
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‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon

Jazmin Renée Jones’ “Seeking Mavis Beacon” isn’t your typical kind of quest movie. Premiering in the NEXT section at Sundance, the format-defying film follows the nonbinary Black filmmaker on an ...
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The ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Filmmakers Went Looking for a Black Technology Icon. The Only Problem? She Didn’t Want to Be Found

The brains behind Neon's genre-bending documentary tell IndieWire about the limits of representation and their complicated thoughts on deep fakes. If you learned to type in the 1980s or ’90s, there’s ...
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‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Joyous Look at a Shadowy Pop Culture Figure

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Seeking Mavis Beacon” is a documentary about (stick with me here) seeking Mavis Beacon. But, what it is not (and stick with me ...
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Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

But who is the woman behind the program? As Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape, told the New York Times in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Though the ...
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Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape told the 'New York Times' in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Broderbund Software "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" was ...