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  • Coded Bias (2020)
  • TV-MA
    86 min | Documentary
Coded Bias (2020)
TV-MA
86 min | Documentary

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
Director
Writers
Christopher Seward (story editor) | Paul Rachman (story editor) | Kurt Engfehr (story editor)
Producer
Shalini Kantayya (p.g.a.)
Composer
Katya Mihailova (original score)
Cinematographer
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Release date
Nov 11, 2020 (United States)

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67 cast members
Name Known for
Joy Buolamwini
Self - Ph.D. Candidate, MIT Media Lab Self - Ph.D. Candidate, MIT Media Lab   See fewer
Meredith Broussard
Self - Author, Artificial Unintelligence Self - Author, Artificial Unintelligence   See fewer
Cathy O'Neil
Self - Author, Weapons of Math Destruction (as Cathy O'Neil Ph.D.) Self - Author, Weapons of Math Destruction (as Cathy O'Neil Ph.D.)   See fewer
Silkie Carlo
Self - Director, Big Brother Watch UK Self - Director, Big Brother Watch UK   See fewer
Zeynep Tüfekçi
Self - Author, Twitter and Tear Gas (as Zeynep Tufekci Ph.D.) Self - Author, Twitter and Tear Gas (as Zeynep Tufekci Ph.D.)   See fewer
Amy Webb
Self - Futurist / Author, The Big Nine Self - Futurist / Author, The Big Nine   See fewer
Tranae Moran
Self - Brooklyn Tenant Self - Brooklyn Tenant   See fewer
Virginia Eubanks
Self - Author, Automating Inequality (as Virginia Eubanks Ph.D.) Self - Author, Automating Inequality (as Virginia Eubanks Ph.D.)   See fewer
Icemae Downes
Self - Brooklyn Tenant Self - Brooklyn Tenant   See fewer
Ravi Naik
Self - UK Human Rights Lawyer Self - UK Human Rights Lawyer   See fewer
Deborah Raji
Self - Research Fellow, Partnership on A.I. Self - Research Fellow, Partnership on A.I.   See fewer
Timnit Gebru
Self - Technical Co-Lead, Ethical A.I. Team at Google (as Timnit Gebru Ph.D.) Self - Technical Co-Lead, Ethical A.I. Team at Google (as Timnit Gebru Ph.D.)   See fewer
Safiya Umoja Noble
Self - Author, Algorithms of Oppression (as Safiya Umoja Noble Ph.D.) Self - Author, Algorithms of Oppression (as Safiya Umoja Noble Ph.D.)   See fewer
Wolfie O'Neil
Self - Cathy's Son Self - Cathy's Son   See fewer
Kiri Soares
Self - School Principal Self - School Principal   See fewer
Daniel Santos
Self - Middle School Teacher Self - Middle School Teacher   See fewer
LaTonya Myers
Self - Criminal Justice Activist Self - Criminal Justice Activist   See fewer
Mark Houldin
Self - Lawyer Self - Lawyer   See fewer
Patric Tariq Mellet
Self - Apartheid Historian Self - Apartheid Historian   See fewer
Wei Su
Self - Chinese Citizen Self - Chinese Citizen   See fewer
Griff Ferris
Self - Big Brother Watch UK Self - Big Brother Watch UK   See fewer
Jenny Jones
Self - Green Party of England and Wales (as Baroness Jenny Jones) Self - Green Party of England and Wales (as Baroness Jenny Jones)   See fewer
Alvaro Bedoya
Self - Founding Director, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Self - Founding Director, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law   See fewer
Clare Garvie
Self - Senior Associate, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law Self - Senior Associate, Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law   See fewer
Elijah Cummings
Self - D-Maryland Self - D-Maryland   See fewer
Jim Jordan
Self - Ohio Congressman (as Rep. Jim Jordan) Self - Ohio Congressman (as Rep. Jim Jordan)   See fewer
Neema Singh Guliani
Self - Senior Legislative Counsel, ACLU (as Neema Signh Guliani) Self - Senior Legislative Counsel, ACLU (as Neema Signh Guliani)   See fewer
Jamie Raskin
Self - D-Maryland (as Rep. Jamie Raskin) Self - D-Maryland (as Rep. Jamie Raskin)   See fewer
Jack Bergman
Self - R-Michigan Congressman (archive footage) (as Rep. Jack Bergman) Self - R-Michigan Congressman (archive footage) (as Rep. Jack Bergman)   See fewer
Julian Bigelow
Self - Pioneering Computer Engineer (archive footage) Self - Pioneering Computer Engineer (archive footage)   See fewer
Sanford Bishop
Self - D-Georgia (archive footage) Self - D-Georgia (archive footage)   See fewer
Adriano Espaillat
Self - D-New York (archive footage) Self - D-New York (archive footage)   See fewer
Herman Goldstine
Self - Mathematician and Computer Scientist (archive footage) Self - Mathematician and Computer Scientist (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Gomez
Self - D-California (archive footage) Self - D-California (archive footage)   See fewer
Amy Goodman
Self - Co-Host, Democracy Now! (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, Democracy Now! (archive footage)   See fewer
Raul Grijalva
Self - D-Arizona (archive footage) Self - D-Arizona (archive footage)   See fewer
Brett Guthrie
Self - R-Kentucky (archive footage) Self - R-Kentucky (archive footage)   See fewer
Luis Gutierrez
Self - D-Illinois (archive footage) Self - D-Illinois (archive footage)   See fewer
Andy Harris
Self - R-Maryland (archive footage) Self - R-Maryland (archive footage)   See fewer
Garry Kasparov
Self - Chess Champion (archive footage) Self - Chess Champion (archive footage)   See fewer
Anthony Mason
Self - Co-Host, CBS This Morning (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, CBS This Morning (archive footage)   See fewer
John McCarthy
Self - Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth (archive footage) Self - Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth (archive footage)   See fewer
Marvin Minsky
Self - Cognitive and Computer Scientist (archive footage) Self - Cognitive and Computer Scientist (archive footage)   See fewer
Trenchard More
Self - Mathematician and Computer Scientist (archive footage) Self - Mathematician and Computer Scientist (archive footage)   See fewer
Allen Newell
Self - Researcher in Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology (archive footage) Self - Researcher in Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology (archive footage)   See fewer
Reena Ninan
Self - CBS News Correspondent (archive footage) Self - CBS News Correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Self - D-New York Self - D-New York   See fewer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage) Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Pascrell
Self - D-New Jersey (archive footage) Self - D-New Jersey (archive footage)   See fewer
Nathaniel Rochester
Self - Chief Architect of the IBM 701 (archive footage) Self - Chief Architect of the IBM 701 (archive footage)   See fewer
Arthur Samuel
Self - Creator of 'Samuel Checkers-Playing Program' (archive footage) Self - Creator of 'Samuel Checkers-Playing Program' (archive footage)   See fewer
Steve Scalise
Self - R-Louisiana (archive footage) Self - R-Louisiana (archive footage)   See fewer
Oliver Selfridge
Self - 'Father of Machine Perception' (archive footage) Self - 'Father of Machine Perception' (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude Shannon
Self - Mathematician, Electrical Engineer and Cryptographer (archive footage) Self - Mathematician, Electrical Engineer and Cryptographer (archive footage)   See fewer
Herbert Simon
Self - Economist, Political Scientist and Cognitive Psychologist (archive footage) Self - Economist, Political Scientist and Cognitive Psychologist (archive footage)   See fewer
Ray Solomonoff
Self - Founder of Algorithmic Probability Theory (archive footage) Self - Founder of Algorithmic Probability Theory (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Stackhouse
Self - WZDX Fox News Reporter (archive footage) Self - WZDX Fox News Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
Nicholas Thompson
Self - Contributor, CBS News (archive footage) Self - Contributor, CBS News (archive footage)   See fewer
Norma Torres
Self - D-California (archive footage) Self - D-California (archive footage)   See fewer
John von Neumann
Self - Mathematician, Physicist, Computer Scientist (archive footage) Self - Mathematician, Physicist, Computer Scientist (archive footage)   See fewer
Serena Williams
Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage) Self - Tennis Champion (archive footage)   See fewer
David Wright
Self - Journalist, ABC News (archive footage) Self - Journalist, ABC News (archive footage)   See fewer
Jeff Bezos
Self - Founder of Amazon (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Founder of Amazon (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Bill Gates
Self - Co-Founder of Microsoft (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Co-Founder of Microsoft (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Jobs
Self - Co-Founder of Apple (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Co-Founder of Apple (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mark Zuckerberg
Self - Founder of Facebook (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Founder of Facebook (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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