Coded Bias
Directed by Shalini Kantayya
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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Top cast
Joy Buolamwini
Self
Cathy O'Neil
Self
Meredith Broussard
Self
Silkie Carlo
Self
Virginia Eubanks
Self
Ravi Naik
Self
Safiya Umoja Noble
Self
Zeynep Tufekci
Self
Jim Jordan
Self
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As of September 20, 2026, Coded Bias is available to stream on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Darkroom in United States. Use the country selector above to check availability in other regions — streaming rights are licensed per country, so catalogues differ.
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As of September 20, 2026, Coded Bias is included with a streaming subscription (or free with ads) in Canada and United States, among the countries we track.
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