CHENNAI: There is something wholesome about a film travelling to people the old-fashioned way before landing on a global platform. Humans in the Loop has done just that. After the festival circuit, months of community screenings across India, and a limited yet packed theatrical release in many cities recently, the Jharkhand-set indie that explores the invisible labour behind technology and who gets to shape the future, began streaming on Netflix on October 31. The film is also gearing for a limited US theatrical release and impact campaign this week.

At the heart of the story is Nehma (played by Sonal Madhushankar), an Adivasi Oraon woman who takes up work as an AI annotator at a data-labelling centre in Jharkhand to secure custody of her children after a divorce. In one striking scene,

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