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Coded Bias

2020 · 86 min · Director: Shalini Kantayya ★ IMDb 6.8 · 2,940 ratings

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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.

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Coded Bias (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Anger 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Anger
  1. Anger25%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Anger, Empathy. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Anger and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Anxiety
  • Anger
  • Hope

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityAnxietyAngerHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity57 %37 %20 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity60 %48 %34 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Anxiety65 %59 %45 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Anxiety69 %65 %48 %8 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Anxiety70 %66 %49 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Anxiety71 %64 %55 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Anger71 %64 %60 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Anxiety69 %65 %56 %11 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Anxiety70 %65 %55 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Anger70 %58 %59 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Anger65 %45 %59 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Anger66 %45 %60 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Anger71 %44 %55 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Hope70 %40 %44 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Anxiety69 %53 %49 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Empathy70 %61 %54 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Hope68 %60 %45 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Anxiety66 %56 %39 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Hope68 %53 %29 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Anxiety67 %55 %17 %42 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JB
Joy Buolamwini

MB
Meredith Broussard

CO
Cathy O'Neil

Self

CO
Cathy O'Neil

SC
Silkie Carlo

Self

VE
Virginia Eubanks

Self

RN
Ravi Naik

Self

SU
Safiya Umoja Noble

Self

ZT
Zeynep Tufekci

Self

JJ
Jim Jordan

Self

RG
Raúl Grijalva

Self (archive footage)

Details

Directed by
Shalini Kantayya
Written by
Shalini Kantayya, Christopher Seward, Paul Rachman, Kurt Engfehr
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States, China, United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 2,940 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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