Mavis Beacon performs admirably in that regard ... The integration is seamless, and it’s easy to change playlists through the application’s preferences. The only feature missing is the ...

Unsurprisingly, viewers learn that the character Mavis Beacon was the creation of three white men: Les Crane, Walt Bilofsky ...

A hearty thank-you, then, to pioneering computer-age figure Mavis Beacon for inspiring a documentary these many years later — Jazmin Jones’ effervescent adventure “Seeking Mavis Beacon ...

PARK CITY, Utah—The reason that I am able to type this—and therefore you are able to read it—is because of a woman named Mavis Beacon. Thanks to a software program first released in 1987 ...

When the filmmaker Jazmin Jones was growing up, she thought of Mavis Beacon—the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a popular educational game first released in 1987—as a living and breathing ...

In “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” another personal investigation into an erstwhile public figure, the director Jazmin Jones doesn’t even try to avoid the self-indulgence pitfall. She decks it out ...

Seeking Mavis Beacon filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross (Photo courtesy of Neon) Jones’ passion for finding the truth behind Beacon stems from her experiences navigating a world ...

In Seeking Mavis Beacon, filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross aim to track down one of the most iconic figures in multicultural education and internet history. With over 10 million ...

Note: This review was originally published during Sundance 2024. We're reposting it because Seeking Mavis Beacon is now out in theaters. With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance ...

Through the late 1980s and ’90s, one woman was responsible for guiding a generation of students into the computer age: Mavis Beacon, star of the best-selling educational software “Mavis Beacon ...

The new documentary “Seeking Mavis Beacon” dives into the story of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program first developed in the late 1980s. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station.