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Coded Bias
2020 American documentary film

Coded Bias is an American documentary film directed by Shalini Kantayya that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

The film includes contributions from researchers Joy Buolamwini, Deborah Raji, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O’Neil, Zeynep Tufekci, Safiya Noble, Timnit Gebru, Virginia Eubanks, and Silkie Carlo, among others.

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Summary

It follows researchers and advocates, principally MIT computer scientist and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League Joy Buolamwini, as they explore how algorithms encode and propagate bias.3456 The documentary touches on other ethical issues in Big Tech, including surveillance through facial recognition, and the perils of computer-based judgement in human evaluation. Others featured include Weapons of Math Destruction author Cathy O'Neill and members of Big Brother Watch, including Silkie Carlo, in London.7

Release

The film first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020.8 It was released in virtual cinemas across North America in November 2020.9 On April 5, 2021, the documentary was made available to stream on Netflix.10

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 42 reviews with an average rating of 7.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Clear, concise, and comprehensive, Coded Bias offers a chilling look at largely unseen side effects of modern society's algorithmic underpinnings."11 On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 7 critic reviews.12

Accolades

AwardYearCategoryResultRef(s).
Calgary International Film Festival2020Best International DocumentaryWon13
Cinema Eye Honors Awards2021Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or AnimationNominated14
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards2020Best Science/Nature DocumentaryNominated15
Hamptons International Film FestivalNew York Women in Film & Television AwardWon16
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights2021Grand Reportage World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) AwardWon17
NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Documentary (Film)Nominated18
Sundance Film Festival2020US Documentary Grand Jury PrizeNominated19

See also

References

  1. Friday, Dana Kendall; January 31st; 2020. "Now Streaming: 'Coded Bias' Exposes Tech Made without Women and BIPOC in Mind". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) https://www.sundance.org/blogs/festival/coded-bias-exposes-the-tech-made-without-women-and-people-of-color-in-mindand-the-dangers-of-rectifying-that ↩

  2. "Documentary Review: Coded Bias". Society for Social Studies of Science. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-23. https://www.4sonline.org/documentary-review-coded-bias/ ↩

  3. Complex, Valerie (2020-02-13). "'Coded Bias': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-05. https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/coded-bias-review-1203502855/ ↩

  4. "When Bias Is Coded Into Our Technology". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/02/08/770174171/when-bias-is-coded-into-our-technology ↩

  5. Girish, Devika (2020-11-11). "'Coded Bias' Review: When the Bots Are Racist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-05. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/movies/coded-bias-review.html ↩

  6. Allen, Nick. "Coded Bias movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/. Retrieved 2020-12-05. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coded-bias-movie-review-2020 ↩

  7. producer., Kantayya, Shalini, film director, film producer. Hoffman, Sabine, film, Coded bias, OCLC 1200171382, retrieved 2021-04-11 http://worldcat.org/oclc/1200171382 ↩

  8. "When Bias Is Coded Into Our Technology". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/02/08/770174171/when-bias-is-coded-into-our-technology ↩

  9. Trahan, Erin (18 November 2020). "Documentary 'Coded Bias' Unmasks The Racism Of Artificial Intelligence". WBUR. Retrieved 5 April 2021. https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/11/18/documentary-coded-bias-review ↩

  10. Trenholm, Richard (31 March 2021). "Eye-opening documentary Coded Bias, streaming on Netflix April 5, faces racist technology". CNET. Retrieved 5 April 2021. https://www.cnet.com/news/coded-bias-review-eye-opening-netflix-documentary-faces-up-to-racist-tech/ ↩

  11. "Coded Bias (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2021. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coded_bias ↩

  12. "Coded Bias Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2020. https://www.metacritic.com/movie/coded-bias ↩

  13. "Calgary International Film Festival 2020 – Coded Bias". Calgary International Film Festival. Retrieved 4 February 2021. https://ciff-2020.eventive.org/schedule/coded-bias-5f52d3dd6ae1fa0083dfe52d ↩

  14. "Cinema Eye Unveils Full Slate of Nominees for 14th Annual Nonfiction Honors". Cinema Eye Honors. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021. https://cinemaeyehonors.com/press/cinema-eye-unveils-full-slate-of-nominees-for-14th-annual-nonfiction-honors/ ↩

  15. "Critics Choice Documentary Awards | Critics Choice Awards". Critics Choice Awards. Retrieved 4 February 2021. http://www.criticschoice.com/critics-choice-documentary-awards/ ↩

  16. Titcomb, Isabelle (15 October 2020). "Two WMM Filmmakers Receive Awards from NYWIFT at the Hamptons International Film Festival". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 4 February 2021. https://www.wmm.com/two-wmm-filmmakers-receive-awards-from-nywift-at-the-hamptons-international-film-festival/ ↩

  17. "The FIFDH unveils its 2021 awards list". Fondation FIFDH. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 31 May 2021. https://fifdh.org/en/the-festival/news/article/the-fifdh-unveils-its-2021-awards-list#:~:text=Prize%20of%20OMCT&text=%C2%AB%20The%20jury%20at%20the%20World,algorithms%20racist%20and%20sexist%20biases. ↩

  18. "2021 Nominees". NAACP Image Awards. Retrieved 4 February 2021. https://naacpimageawards.net/2021-nominees/#nominee-category-documentary ↩

  19. "Coded Bias". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 4 February 2021. https://www.sundance.org/projects/code-for-bias ↩