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Spoilerpiece TheatreEpisode 531: "Speak No Evil" and "Seeking Mavis Beacon"On this week’s show, Megan and Dave watched SPEAK NO EVIL (2:29), writer-director James Watkins’ remake of the Danish film from 2022. As with many non-American horror films remade for American audiences, the new SPEAK NO EVIL leaves the original’s first two-thirds relatively unchanged and then kicks the last third in the ass, replacing it with a watered down ending that, while not entirely stupid, ain’t exactly aces. (That being said, the Danish original is extreme. Take a listen to our reactions to it here.) So while we weren’t enamored of this new version, we think leads Mackenzie...2024-09-131h 01
Doc Talk: A Deadline and Nō Studios Podcast'Seeking Mavis Beacon' FilmmakersIn Seeking Mavis Beacon, director Jazmin Jones and her filmic collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross try to solve a cyber mystery: What became of the elegant Black woman featured on the cover of a groundbreaking learn-to-type software program? The young sleuths discuss the complex cultural truths exposed by their quixotic quest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-1050 min
CinemaholicsInterview – Jazmin Jones, Director of 'Seeking Mavis Beacon'Seeking Mavis Beacon might just be your type. Special guest Jazmin Jones, director and DIY detective behind the new documentary, recently sat down with Jon Negroni for a conversation about online privacy, internet nostalgia, and of course, Letterboxd reviews. In the late 80s and throughout the 1990s, millions of people for the first time learned how to touch type, that is the style of typing on a computer without looking at the keys, through a software program called Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. While it went through numerous iterations over the years, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing featured a...2024-09-0929 min
Bitch Talk PodcastFlashback Friday - Seeking Mavis Beacon director Jazmin Jones and associate producer Olivia McKayla RossSend us a textWelcome to Flashback Friday! We're bringing back a documentary that we covered this past January at Sundance 2024, and is in theaters now!Seeking Mavis Beacon is a documentary that follows the investigation into what happened to one of the most influential Black women in technology who has been missing from the public eye since 1995. Director/investigator Jazmin Jones and associate producer/investigator Olivia McKayla Ross sit down with us to share how they met, how they learned to lean into the discomfort of the process, and servile fembots and marginalized bodies...2024-09-0614 min
Bitch Talk PodcastSundance 2024 - As We Speak, Seeking Mavis Beacon, and the Red Carpet Premiere of The American Society of Magical NegroesSend us a textThis week we're highlighting three Sundance Film Festival films that deal with the effects of racism in America.As We Speak is a documentary that follows Bronx rap artist Kemba as he explores how rap lyrics are being weaponized in the criminal justice system. Director J.M. Harper and subject Kemba discuss how the film is like a song, the inadequacies of the criminal justice system, and how the story is not over.Seeking Mavis Beacon is a documentary that follows the investigation into what happened to one of...2024-02-2234 min
Black Girl NerdsJazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross of Seeking Mavis BeaconIn this week's episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome filmmakers and e-girl investigators Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross of the new documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon.
From feature debut filmmaker Jazmin Jones and their collaborator/associate producer Olivia McKayla Ross, Seeking Mavis Beacon follows the pair as they seek to untangle the mystery of the iconic Mavis Beacon, a predecessor to familiar AI figures such as Siri and Alexa and the face of popular 90s’ educational software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. Jones and Ross discover that the cover model when the game was created in Si...2024-02-1919 min
The No Film School PodcastE-Girl Investigators of Sundance Premiere Neon Doc ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ on Ethics, DIY, and How To Ask For What You NeedJazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross are the creative minds behind the documentary, Seeking Mavis Beacon. The feature, which premiered at Sundance 2024, investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology. The documentary also explores topics like ethics, consent, and having a healthy relationship with technology. In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with Director Jazmin Jones and Associate Producer Olivia McKayla Ross, to discuss:
How Jazmin and Olivia met and started working together
The benefit of not having a film caree...2024-01-2836 min
Getting to the Root of it with Venus RootsConnection in a Digital World, with Annika Hansteen-Izora*This episode was originally published in May 2021*In this episode, Niki interviews Annika Hansteen-Izora, an art director, poet, and designer. The two reckon with the interests (profit, militarism, white supremacy, ableism - to name a few) that dictate social media platforms, algorithms, and the digital world at large, in a time where we are all spending hours on end on apps. Drawing from Afro-Futurism, Afro-Nowism, and speculative fiction, the two envision what communities centered in care and safety may look and feel like. Annika is currently the Creative Director of Design and UI at S...2022-04-2648 min
who all gon be there?Episode 16: Black Abbey Series w/ manuel arturo abreuThis is the second episode in our Black Abbey series. Black Abbey is a Black artist and writer residency we are currently co-hosting with Sharita Towne, a Black Art Ecology of Portland (BAEP), and Alberta Abbey. Today, we chat with poet, artist, and writer manuel arturo abreu about how they’re doing during these strange days, fake white allies, the multiple contemporary contexts of the Black Square, the loss of the social public space, their multi-faceted practice and its ties to money and survival, and navigating the expectations of an audience/curator. We also discuss that canceled exhibition at MO...2020-07-111h 36