Are Our Children Counted Out?: The Miami Premiere of Counted Out

Welcome to the Miami Premiere of "Counted Out" hosted by The Bob Moses Research Center and The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater!

Join us for the Miami Premiere of “Counted Out,” a new hard-hitting documentary that shines a light on math as the foundation of democracy and economic opportunity.

Family fun math games at the Math Playground facilitated by Miami-Dade students and lunch precede the show!

Watch the trailer here: Counted Out Film Trailer

More about “Counted Out”

“Counted Out” investigates the biggest crises of our time. Political polarization. Racial biases. Social injustice. Economic inequity. Climate change. And a global pandemic. All viewed through a previously unseen lens: math.

In our current information economy, math is everywhere.The people we date, the news we see, the influence of our votes, the candidates who win elections, the education we can access, the jobs we get is all underwritten by an invisible layer of math that few of us understand, or even notice.

But whether we know it or not, our numeric literacy — whether we can speak the language of math — is a critical determinant of social and economic power.

Through a mosaic of personal stories, expert interviews, and scenes of math transformation in action, “Counted Out” shows what’s at risk if we keep the status quo. Do we want an America in which most of us don’t consider ourselves “math people?” Where math proficiency goes down as students grow up? Or do we want a country where everyone can understand the math that undergirds our society — and can help shape it?

The film’s voices include the late civil rights icon Robert "Bob" Moses as well as Talithia Williams, associate professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd University and TEDx speaker of “Own Your Body’s Data,” Julia Angwin, investigative journalist and founder of Proof, Steven Levitt, co-author of “Freakonomics.”

Host or Publisher Counted Out Film