2017 | Germany | Documentary

Pre-Crime

  • English, French, German - 1 mins
  • Director | Monika Hielscher, Matthias Heeder,
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Stefan Kloos

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To predict a future crime scene and to prevent a murder seems like something from a sci-fi movie. It is, but it’s also real - and happening right now. To make this possible, powerful computers and omnipresent cameras capture data from all sources, which is then evaluated and analyzed with the help of algorithms. At the same time, we, the citizens are transformed into carriers of recorded data - our every move, message and purchase tracked and mapped. Ratings of how likely we are to commit a crime are attached to our personae. Computers spit out lists of tomorrow´s criminals. But what if it´s you who ends up on this list? What if the data is wrong? Or biased?? How can we be guilty of things we haven’t done?

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