BHMN 2025 Film: Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024) av Jazmin Jones (reg.)

About the event

Den mest gjenkjennelige kvinnen innen teknologi lever i vår kollektive fantasi. «Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing» lærte millioner av mennesker globalt, men programvarens haitianskfødte omslagsmodell forsvant for flere tiår siden. To gjør-det-selv-detektiver leter etter modellen mens de stiller spørsmål om identitet og kunstig intelligens.

Det vakre med denne filmen er unge, nysgjerrige, svarte teknologikreative personer i USA som bruker teknologi som en måte å kommunisere sin undersøkende historiefortelling på. De er fremtidens arkivarer, og i jakten på en imaginær kvinne viser de oss en helt ny måte å presentere samfunnshistorier på.

Årets BHMN filmprogram er kuratert av Mosa Mpetha (forsker og filmkurator).

Støttet av Kulturrådet og Oslo kommune.

In english

Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024), 102 mins, Jazmin Jones,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.

The beauty of this film is young, curious, Black tech-creatives in the USA who use technology as a way to communicate their investigative storytelling. They are the archivists of the future, and in their hunt for an imaginary woman, they show us a completely new way of presenting community histories.

Foto: Seeking Mavis Beacon av Jazmin Jones

Arrangør: Black History Month Norway

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Here at Sentralen, there are several places where you can buy food and drinks – before, during, and after the event.

You can also bring drinks from all the serving areas into the event.

The bar in 
Hvelvet
 is also open during the event.

Below you can see the opening hours of the serving areas here at Sentralen. You can choose to view the opening hours for the event day, or for today.

Read about the venue’s accessibility for the event

It is possible to get to Hvelvet by wheelchair, but access is not as smooth compared to our other venues.

Hvelvet is located on the first floor and is wheelchair accessible via elevator. From the main entrance you need to take the elevator to the 3rd floor and then the rear elevator to the 2nd floor. Then you have to go through the backstage Biblioteket to get to the venue.

There is a large toilet on the 2nd floor right off backstage, but this is not an HC toilet. To get to the nearest HC toilet, you has to take the elevator up to the 3rd floor and past meeting rooms 301-304. This toilet also has a changing table.

Read more about accessibility at Sentralen
Free
Date
Sunday
 
19
October
 
2025
 kl. 
16:00
Fra
Sunday
 
19
October
 
2025
 kl. 
16:00
Til
Sunday
 
19
October
 
2025
 kl. 
17:45
Doors open
15 minutes before
kl. 
16:00
Duration
October 19, 2025 16:00
October 19, 2025 17:45
[Varighet]
Age limit
Anbefalt aldersgrense 17 år
Location
Location
Location
Content warnings/­restrictions

Dokumentaren har aldersgrense R for språkbruk og noe narkotikabruk. Filmen er ment for et modent publikum og inneholder innhold som kanskje ikke er egnet for barn under 17 år uten foreldre.

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