Coded Bias
2020 · Movie · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · 87% critics
A researcher discovers that facial recognition systems often fail to accurately identify darker-skinned faces, raising urgent questions about fairness and accountability. This documentary follows the push to expose algorithmic bias and advocate for new rules to govern the technology that increasingly shapes everyday life.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-11-11
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (63 votes)
About
If you like timely documentaries about technology and social justice, this is a strong pick, with a clear story and real-world examples; Not for you if you want light viewing or purely optimistic tech stories.
Pros: eye-opening real cases; clear, accessible explanations; urgent social impact | Cons: heavy subject matter; may feel alarming; limited opposing viewpoints
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- silicon valley
- civil rights
- sexism
- racism
- sexual discrimination
- racial discrimination
- big brother
- gafam
- facial recognition
- algorithm
- mass surveillance
Cast & crew
Joy Buolamwini
as Self
- CO
Cathy O'Neil
as Self
- MB
Meredith Broussard
as Self
Silkie Carlo
as Self
- VE
Virginia Eubanks
as Self
Ravi Naik
as Self
- SN
Safiya Umoja Noble
as Self
- ZT
Zeynep Tufekci
as Self
Jim Jordan
as Self
Directed by Shalini Kantayya