Ghost in the Machine

Screening followed by a panel discussion with Angela Saini, Jessie Daniels and Mutale Nonde, moderated by Annie Dorsen.

A visceral investigative essay documentary from director Valerie Veatch (The Zoo, Love Child), Ghost in the Machine explores how emerging technologies reshape identity, culture, and global power. Based on conversations with 36 leading AI experts (and over 100 hours of conversation), Veatch unearths the buried history of artificial intelligence: one rooted not in neutral algorithms, but in racism, misogyny, eugenics, and entrenched systems of power that shaped the technology long before it entered our daily lives. By revealing the origins and ideologies embedded in AI’s foundations, the film confronts viewers with questions that feel not just timely, but essential.