{"id":605709,"date":"2024-01-21T11:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-doc-pursues-an-elusive-black-icon\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:01:02","slug":"watch-doc-pursues-an-elusive-black-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-doc-pursues-an-elusive-black-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f7817a2ed7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f7817a2ed7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-doc-pursues-an-elusive-black-icon\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_Doc_Pursues_an_Elusive_Black_Icon%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-doc-pursues-an-elusive-black-icon\/#%E2%80%9CDoc_Pursues_an_Elusive_Black_Icon%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_Doc_Pursues_an_Elusive_Black_Icon%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDoc_Pursues_an_Elusive_Black_Icon%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Doc Pursues an Elusive Black Icon&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Jazmin Rene\u0301e Jones\u2019 \u201cSeeking Mavis Beacon\u201d isn\u2019t your typical kind of quest movie. Premiering in the NEXT section at Sundance, the format-defying film follows the nonbinary Black filmmaker on an elaborate search to find \u2014 but also to better understand \u2014 someone who shaped what they thought of the world and themselves. Someone who didn\u2019t really exist: the cover model for popular 1987 computer program \u201cMavis Beacon Teaches Typing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    As past users of the bestselling software surely recall (but may never have consciously considered), Mavis Beacon was a Black woman \u2014 knowledgeable and warm, with a striking face and long, elegant fingernails \u2014\u00a0who encouraged young people to master their keyboard skills. She served as a virtual teacher and confidant for countless kids, including Jones and computer prodigy Olivia McKayla Ross (credited here as an associate producer, though Jones refers to her on camera as \u201cmy collaborator\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    An early example of AI, Mavis Beacon was an invention of three white male computer programmers. Why did they choose a Black woman as their avatar? \u201cI would like to claim that back in 1987, we were totally woke,\u201d says one of these (well-compensated) tech pioneers when Jones puts the question to him. The truth, which the film eventually manages to uncover, was far less strategic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Mavis Beacon\u2019s face belonged to a Haitian woman named Renee L\u2019Esp\u00e9rance, spotted behind the counter at a California department store. Jones interviews multiple people about that discovery, and each remembers it differently. But there\u2019s no denying the impact it had on Jones and Ross \u2014 and who knows how many others? While the filmmakers are obviously obsessed with Mavis Beacon, who among us hasn\u2019t fixated on a figure from our childhoods (whether a fictional avatar or flesh-and-blood celebrity)? Jones\u2019 feat comes from making what matters to her, matter for everyone watching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Bending the conventional rules of moviemaking, Jones brings a fresh generational perspective to the project. Both she and Ross are young people comfortable with the proliferation and dominance of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> in their lives, to the extent that they make virtual heroes of symbols within their computers. Rather than taking a positive or negative stance on technology, they explore a range of philosophical and sociological considerations, from the notion of \u201ccoded bias\u201d to how they personally use technology to communicate and find community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Ross\u2019 de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion of herself as a \u201ccyber doula,\u201d committed to helping others use digital tools, is her specific way of trying to make technology friendlier. It\u2019s apt that Jones finds inspiration in Cheryl Dunye\u2019s seminal 1996 queer quest film \u201cThe Watermelon Woman,\u201d another narrative about trying to find one\u2019s hero.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    As Jones\u2019 search brings her closer to L\u2019Esp\u00e9rance, she addresses complex themes in assured, economical ways: the exploitation of Black women to support and guide others to success, the ramifications of who owns our digital footprints and, most importantly, who gets credit for what when something becomes a huge success. Jones believes that L\u2019Esp\u00e9rance never got what she deserved, despite being a major reason the software was so successful, while the woman who found her got pushed out of the picture as well. The movie seeks to correct these oversights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    As L\u2019Esp\u00e9rance proves elusive even for diligent and committed investigators like Jones and Ross, the film finds itself in a quandary. The quest meant to find Mavis Beacon, but it is also about the filmmakers and what matters most to them. Jones shares how such a single-minded pursuit can consume one\u2019s life, while the film falls in a cycle of repetitive actions. That may be true to the way such research happens, but it doesn\u2019t make for an especially entertaining sit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Jones and Ross may not have yet met their idol, yet the journey chronicled in \u201cSeeking Mavis Beacon\u201d is affecting and haunting. In pursuing a Don Quixote-like goal, they uncover surprising details along the way about subjects that obsess them. 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