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'Seeking Mavis Beacon' documentary explores questions of identity and intellectual property

caption: The new documentary "Seeking Mavis Beacon" dives into the story of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program first developed in the late 1980s. (Courtesy of Neon)
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The new documentary "Seeking Mavis Beacon" dives into the story of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program first developed in the late 1980s. (Courtesy of Neon)

The new documentary “Seeking Mavis Beacon” dives into the story of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a software program first developed in the late 1980s.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks to the two women in the film, director Jazmin Renee Jones and associate director Olivia McKayla Ross.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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