Presented by School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) x Alfreda’s Cinema x Field Meridians

Join School for Poetic Computation for an outdoor screening of Seeking Mavis Beacon at Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy. SFPC is excited to partner with Alfreda’s Cinema for this special outdoor screening of this format-defying documentary. Co-directed by SFPC alumni Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross, the documentary was first conceived at an SFPC event in 2019—making this gathering a full-circle moment of reflection and reconnection.

About Seeking Mavis Beacon

Mavis Beacon taught a generation to type, yet she was never physically there. A face on a box, a name without a body, a guide through the keyboard who was herself a fabrication. Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024) traces the ghost of this digital icon—unraveling the story of a missing woman, a manufactured identity, and the quiet erasures embedded in technology.

Featured Guests

- Jazmin Jones, Co-Director, Seeking Mavis Beacon
- Olivia McKayla Ross, Co-Director, Seeking Mavis Beacon
- Neta Bomani, Moderator, School for Poetic Computation

Schedule

7:10pm - Panel Discussion and Q&A with Co-directors
8:30pm - Film Screening (1h 42m)