Coded Bias
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.
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Cast
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Joy Buolamwini
Self
Cathy O'Neil
Self
Meredith Broussard
Self
Silkie Carlo
Self
Virginia Eubanks
Self
Ravi Naik
Self
Safiya Umoja Noble
Self
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Zeynep Tufekci
Self
Jim Jordan
Self
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Raúl Grijalva
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Shalini Kantayya Director · Alexandra Gilwit Editor
United States release November 11, 2020 · Produced in United States, United Kingdom, China · Languages Chinese, English
Production
7th Empire Media
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Independent Lens
Production
ITVS
Production
Ford Foundation / JustFilms
Production
Chicken & Egg Films
Production
Women Make Movies
Production
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant
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Sundance Institute
Production
United States · United Kingdom · China
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
United States · January 23, 2020
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · November 11, 2020
Theatrical
Canada
September 24, 2020 · Digital · CIFF
September 26, 2020 · Premiere · CIFF
Czechia
May 12, 2021 · Digital · One World Live
France
April 5, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Netherlands
April 5, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Poland
October 9, 2020 · Digital
Romania
November 11, 2020 · Digital
Russia
October 16, 2020
South Korea
March 9, 2021 · Digital
Switzerland
March 5, 2021 · Digital
United Kingdom
November 9, 2020 · Digital · Amplify Film Festival
April 5, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
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