Seeking Mavis Beacon

Synopsis

Filmmaker Jazmin Jones and wunderkind technologist Olivia McKayla Ross join forces as a “very online” improvised cyber-detective team with a single goal—to find the real Mavis Beacon, a fictional Black female typing instructor and avatar for typing educational software. Their search takes them down internet wormholes and across the United States where they find themselves in search of more than the real Haitian-American fashion model behind the Mavis Beacon image. This singular film offers a fresh, funny, and modern deep dive into representations of Blackness in technology and reveals how our and cultural imaginations are reflected back to us through our ubiquitous screens. Featuring a post-film virtual Q&A with associate Producer and Star Olivia McKayla Ross.