Coded Bias

1h 26m · 2020 · Directed by Shalini Kantayya · 3.4 / 5 on Letterboxd

Coded Bias (2020) runs 1h 26m, directed by Shalini Kantayya. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Documentary

No US streaming listed when we last checked (9 July 2026). Availability changes often.