China Synopsis
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.
The 2019–2021 China Window
225 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Coded Bias sits at position #79.
#1The Untamed: Special Edition
★ 9.5 · 2019
#2Swallowed Star
★ 9.2 · 2020
#3The Long Ballad
★ 9.1 · 2021
#4Ling Cage: Incarnation
★ 9.0 · 2019
#5All Is Well
★ 9.0 · 2019
#6A Perfect Planet
★ 8.9 · 2021
#7A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
★ 8.9 · 2020
#8LEGO Monkie Kid
★ 8.8 · 2020
The 2020s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Coded Bias premiered. 216 total titles in this decade from China.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #221 of 946 China films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Documentary productions specifically: #25 of 52 (top 48%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | 7th Empire Media, Independent Lens, ITVS, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | November 11, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11394170 |
| Official Site | www.codedbias.com |