‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: Neon To Produce Jazmin Jones Doc Examining Disappearance & Legacy Of Most Influential Black Woman In Tech

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Neon has signed on to produce the documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon, which marks the feature directorial debut of the Brooklyn-based helmer Jazmin Jones.Beacon was the most influential Black woman in technology right up until the day she vanished.

Jones’ film will investigate her disappearance and reimagine the legacy of a missing Black woman who helped define the digital age.Neon is producing alongside award-winning independent filmmaker, teacher, film curator and BelleMoon Productions co-founder Guetty Felin, with Olivia McKayla Ross serving as co-producer.“NEON has been a perfect home for this project.

They understood our positionality as Black femmes and share our interest in disrupting traditional documentary form,” said Jones. “The trusting relationship we have with NEON has exceeded my expectations of the possibilities for a first time Black queer nonbinary filmmaker– it’s been a blessing.”Jones is a visual storyteller and thought leader with BUFU: By Us For Us whose aim is to build platforms for more vibrant and nuanced representation of the marginalized communities she’s a part of.

She co-founded the project-based collective BUFU, which was awarded Eyebeam’s 2017 Trust Residency and a 2020 residency with the Brooklyn Community Foundation Incubator Project, in 2015.