REBUILDING PARADISE – ★★☆

Documentary about the 2018 forest fires that devastated the California town of ‘Paradise’. Some amazing footage and tense moments that were captured, but as a documentary somewhat directionless. Long stretches of the life of the local school administrator that didn’t seem connected or relevant were included.

CODED BIAS – ★★★☆

Documentary about how AI is being used to decide so many things in the world today, and how the AI itself is often flawed with bias based on gender, race, etc. It was a one-sided documentary and should have included more ‘response’ from the large tech companies that created the systems, so it was a pity that that wasn’t there. That said, I am glad that at least this film exists, at least to make people more aware of the wrongs being committed by companies like Facebook.