Jazmin Jones and Neon's Seeking Mavis Beacon

Friday, November 1st

Join us for a screening of the Sundance Documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon and conversation with director Jazmin Jones.

Jazmin Jones is a Brooklyn Based, Bay Area raised Visual Storyteller and Thot Leader with BUFU: By Us For Us. Her aim is to build platforms for more vibrant and nuanced representation of the marginalized communities she’s a part of. Working across visual mediums, her projects often echo personal experiences as a Queer, Black femme attempting to wage intimacy in the Post-Internet era. 

About the Film:
The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.

This event is presented in collaboration with Neon.