Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024)

Name: Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024)
Start: 2024-10-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-20T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Stray Cat Film Center

Schedule

Sun Oct 20 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Stray Cat Film Center | Kansas City, MO

Seeking Mavis Beacon investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.
About this Event

dir. Jazmin Jones // 2024 // 1 hr 42 min

One of the most influential Black women in technology is a figment of our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon was invented by the Co-Founder of MySpace to sell the world's most popular typing software, but the real woman she was modeled after disappeared in 1995. Seeking Mavis Beacon poses critical questions regarding anthropomorphization and the consumption of marginalized bodies in the tech industry, while reimagining the legacy of a missing historical figure.