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 the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a bestselling series of ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

“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 ...

Technology takes the forefront in Jazmin Jones' directorial debut, Seeking Mavis Beacon, a buddy road-trip documentary about two friends on a quest. Known as the most recognizable woman in technology, ...

In one of the more complex entries of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, filmmaker Jazmin Renée Jones’ “hybrid documentary,” Seeking Mavis Beacon, uses the education program to examine the digital ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When the filmmaker Jazmin Jones was growing up, she thought of Mavis Beacon—the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a popular educational game first released in ...

*In the award-winning NEON documentary “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross embark on a curious journey to uncover the story behind a cultural icon most people never ...

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 ...

Two digital sleuths set out to find the woman who lent her image to computer software in this scattered documentary. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Role models come in all shapes and sizes, invariably saying more about the nature of influencing than the person setting the example. A hearty thank-you, then, to pioneering computer-age figure Mavis ...

Seeking Mavis Beacon raises questions about AI, ethical storytelling, and the importance of informed consent. The film, directed by Jazmin Jones and co-produced by Olivia McKayla Ross, investigates ...