San Ramon Valley Council of PTAs' Parent Education presents - Bias
Bias... you're human, you're biased. Now what?
bias challenges us to confront our hidden biases and understand what we risk when we follow our gut. Through exposing her own biases, award-winning documentary filmmaker Robin Hauser (CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, Running for Jim) highlights the nature of implicit bias, the grip it holds on our social and professional lives, and what it will take to induce change.
The toxic effects of bias make headlines every day: sexual harassment, racial profiling, the pay gap. As humans, we are biased. Yet few of us are willing to admit it. We confidently make snap judgments, but we are shockingly unaware of the impact our assumptions have on those around us.
The documentary feature bias follows filmmaker Robin Hauser on a journey to uncover her hidden biases and explore how unconscious bias defines relationships, workplaces, our justice system, and technology. bias contemplates the most pressing question: can we de-bias our brains?
Inquiries: bias@biasfilm.com Website: biasfilm.com Facebook & Twitter: @biasfilm IMDB MEDIA
Doors open at 6:30pm for reception, Film showing 7:00pm, Event ends at 9;00pm.
Event Highlight: Post screening Q & A with award-winning producer and editor Christie Herring.
Christie has been a documentary filmaker for 20 years and has recently edited and produced Code: Debugging the Gender Gap and edited (with Jean Kawahara) NOVA's Point of No Return. She has received her MA in Documentary Filmaking from Stanford University, was a 2013 San Francisco Film Society Film House Fellow. She is member-owner of New Day Films and is a 2018 American Film Showcase Expert.
Register Now!Caution: Not suitable for young children, one occasion of dialogue with expletive.