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2. Seeking Mavis Beacon - Wikipedia

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   Seeking Mavis Beacon is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Jazmin Jones, [3] which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. [4] The film is distributed by Neon [ 5 ] and is the director's directorial debut.

3. Review: 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' tracks down a cyberghost who ...

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   The kick is that Mavis Beacon isn’t a real person. But she resoundingly was one to the countless Black millennials who learned how to type from a software game launched in 1987 that featured the ...

4. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - Wikipedia

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   mavisbeacon.com. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks, the program aimed to enhance users' typing skills through a series of interactive lessons and games. Mavis Beacon is an entirely fictional character, created for marketing purposes.

5. Mavis Beacon (character) - Wikipedia

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   Mavis's name comes from a combination of Mavis Staples (one of the software developer's favorite singers) and the word beacon (an allusion to her role as a guide to typing). [1] [3] There have been several models chosen to represent the confident efficiency of Mavis Beacon; her image changes to represent a "modern professional typing instructor ...

6. ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Documentary in the Works at Neon - AOL

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   Beacon’s computer software program helped define the digital age by teaching a generation to type. ... Neon has signed on to produce “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” a documentary that investigates ...

7. ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Pursues an ...

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   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 ...