Synopsis: Modern society sits at the intersection of two crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against? When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that most facial-recognition software does not accurately identify darker-skinned faces and the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, artificial intelligence is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.

Director's Bio: Shalini Kantayya's feature documentary CODED BIAS premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Her debut feature film CATCHING THE SUN premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was named a New York Times Critics' Pick. CATCHING THE SUN released globally on Netflix on Earth Day 2016 with executive producer Leonardo DiCaprio, and was nominated for the Environmental Media Association Award for Best Documentary. Kantayya is a TED Fellow, a William J. Fulbright Scholar, and a finalist for the ABC Disney DGA Directing Program. Kantayya finished in the top 10 out of 12,000 filmmakers on Fox's ON THE LOT, a show by Steven Spielberg in search of Hollywood's next great director. She is an Associate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.