Cybersecurity Film Series
In 2019, the Center for Cybersecurity began highlighting important cybersecurity issues through documentary films as part of its inaugural Cybersecurity Film Series. Films are shown throughout October in conjunction with Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community are welcome to attend any showing. After each film, attendees are encouraged to ask questions and discuss topics from the film in our post-film Q&A session.
2024 Cybersecurity Film Series
All films will be shown in the Marty Theatre, located in the Michel Student Center. Attendance is free and popcorn will be provided. This year's slate of films consists of the following:
October 2, 2024 at 6pm - The Social Dilemma (2020)
A documentary film that exposes the hidden dangers of social media and search platforms, and how they affect our mental health, democracy, and discrimination.
October 9, 2024 at 6pm - The Truman Show (1998)
An insurance salesman is oblivious of the fact that his entire life is a TV show and his family members are mere actors. As he starts noticing things and uncovers the truth, he decides to escape.
October 16, 2024 at 6pm - Coded Bias (2020)
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
October 23, 2024 at 6pm - The Net (1995)
When Angela Bennett, a computer programmer, stumbles upon government secrets, she finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy hell-bent on destroying her completely.
October 30, 2024 at 6pm - Citizenfour (2014)
CITIZENFOUR is a real-life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).