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Seeking Mavis Beacon is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Jazmin Jones, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is distributed by Neon and is the director's directorial debut.
Premise
The film follows investigators Jazmin Jones (director) and Olivia McKayla Ross (associate producer) on their search to find Renée L'Esperance, the Haitian model for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program developed in the 1980s.
Cast
Jazmin Renée Jones
Olivia McKayla Ross
Production
Seeking Mavis Beacon was produced by Neon and Guetty Felin, who founded the company BelleMoon Productions. The film was also co-produced by Olivia McKayla Ross.
Release
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the NEXT category.
= Critical reception
=Initial reception was generally positive. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5 out of 10. The website's consensus reads, "Director Jazmin Jones' exploration of one of the internet's strangest cases occasionally lapses into self-indulgence, but the personalized approach ultimately yields a one-of-a-kind documentary experience." Metacritic calculated a weighted average of 72 out of 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Murtada Elfadl from Variety wrote the documentary was "format defying... affecting and haunting", noted that it explores "a range of philosophical and sociological considerations, from the notion of 'coded bias' to how they personally use technology to communicate and find community."
Gallery
References
External links
Official website
Seeking Mavis Beacon at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Seeking Mavis Beacon
- Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
- Mavis Beacon (character)
- 2024 Sundance Film Festival
- List of Neon films
- 2024 BFI London Film Festival
- List of documentary films
- True/False Film Festival
- The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia
- List of educational video games
