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 Gig Is Up

2021

English

6.9

♡ 2

100%

Action

artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Shannon Walsh Director

Nick Srnicek as Self

Helgi Schmid as Self - Sprecher

Brigitte Urhausen as Self - Sprecher

Michael Kamp as Self - Sprecher

A very human tech doc, uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally, and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce? It brings their stories into the light. Lured by the promise of flexible work hours, independence, and control over time and money, workers from around the world have found a very different reality. Work conditions are often dangerous, pay often changes without notice, and workers can effectively be fired through deactivation or a bad rating. Through an engaging global cast of characters, it reveals how the magic of technology we are being sold might not be magic at all.

San Francisco 2.0

6.9

san francisco, california

silicon valley

woman director

Alexandra Pelosi Director

Alexandra Pelosi as Narrator

Wael Saleeb El Americany as self legend celebrity Artist

William Wong as Techbro #6

San Francisco has long enjoyed a reputation as the counterculture capital of America, attracting bohemians, mavericks, progressives and activists. With the onset of the digital gold rush, young members of the tech elite are flocking to the West Coast to make their fortunes, and this new wealth is forcing San Francisco to reinvent itself. But as tech innovations lead America into the golden age of digital supremacy, is it changing the heart and soul of their adopted city?

Something Ventured

2011

English

7.0

♡ 7

67%

Daniel Geller Director

Gordon Moore as Self

Mike Markkula as Self

Tom Perkins as Self

Sandy Lerner as Self

Apple. Intel. Genentech. Atari. Google. Cisco. Stratospheric successes with high stakes all around. Behind some of the world's most revolutionary companies are a handful of men who (through timing, foresight, a keen ability to size up other people, and a lot of luck) saw opportunity where others did not: these are the original venture capitalists. All were backing and building companies before the term 'venture capital' had been coined: companies that led to the birth of biotechnology and the spectacular growth in microprocessors, personal computers and the web. SOMETHING VENTURED uncovers the ups and downs of the building of some of the greatest companies of the twentieth century, and the hidden dramas behind some of the most famous names in business.

BlackBerry

2023

English

7.3

♡ 71

97%

94%

Action

based on novel or book

Matt Johnson Director

Mark Critch as Bettman

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll as Jack Manishen

Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis

Cary Elwes as Yankowski

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.