Coded Bias
2020•1h 26m•6.9•Released
Documentary
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
Director
Shalini Kantayya
Writer
Shalini Kantayya
Languages
Mandarin, English
Studio
7th Empire Media
Cast
Joy Buolamwini
Self
Cathy O'Neil
Self
Meredith Broussard
Self
Silkie Carlo
Self
Virginia Eubanks
Self
Ravi Naik
Self
Safiya Umoja Noble
Self
Zeynep Tufekci
Self
Jim Jordan
Self
Production
Company
7th Empire Media
Company
Independent Lens
Company
ITVS
Company
JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Company
Chicken & Egg Films
Company
Women Make Movies
Company
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant
Company
Sundance Institute
Producer
Shalini Kantayya
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