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Join audiences nationwide on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for a FREE virtual Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of Coded Bias featuring a post-screening panel with Joy Buolamwini, Founder, Algorithmic Justice League; Timnit Gebru, Co-founder, Black in AI; and Myaisha Hayes, Campaign Strategies Director, MediaJustice. Moderated by ITVS’s Sherry Simpson, the panelists will share their journeys and discuss ways to increase inclusion of women and people of color working in the tech industry.

Coded Bias

(USA, China, UK / 2020 / Directed by Shalini Kantayya)

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Coded Bias sheds a light on the underlying biases in the technology that shapes our everyday lives. Artificial intelligence, as it turns out, is not neutral. 

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces or the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, artificial intelligence (AI) is not neutral. From facial scanning used for policing and surveillance to automated HR systems that mirror and magnify workplace prejudices, these technologies are created with fundamentally biased building blocks. Emboldened by these troubling discoveries, Buolamwini joins a group of pioneering women to shed a light on the underlying biases in the technology that shapes our lives and threatens our democracy. Algorithmic Justice League and Data & Society will be sharing resources and opportunities to learn more in the interactive chat.

RSVP to watch Coded Bias from the comfort and safety of your home. The film screening will be open captioned, and the livestream Q&A will have ASL interpretation.

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This event is hosted by Indie Lens Pop-Up, in collaboration with The Screening Room, Algorithmic Justice League, Anderson Impact Center, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, Arizona Public Media, Bud Werner Memorial Library, Charitable Film Network, City of Mesa, Data & Society, Durango Public Library, Fight for the Future, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Global Peace Film Festival, Hawai‘i Women in Filmmaking, Kansas City Public Library, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Panhandle PBS/KACV, PBS Hawai‘i, The Screening Room, Red River Theatres, Rollins College, Tillotson Center, and Yale Film Archive. With support from ITVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.  

RSVP to watch Coded Bias from the comfort and safety of your home. The film screening will be open captioned, and the livestream Q&A will have ASL interpretation.