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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

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Examining the 1995 Chicago record-breaking heat wave that resulted in over 700 deaths. A look at the people most affected by natural disasters and the politics involved.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Mar 11, 2020
The film bites off more than it can chew... but its argument is persuasive and worrying. Go to Full Review
Ally Ham Video Librarian Magazine Aug 11, 2024
Helfand’s documentary and its accompanying teacher’s guide argue convincingly for a more layered view of so-called “natural” disasters: one that considers poverty and race as underlying factors to thousands of unnecessary deaths each year. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Jul 13, 2020
3/5
A timely film which demonstrates how easy it is for privileged people to miss the subtle effects of racism, and how dangerous living in a white supremacist society is for people of colour... Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Jun 8, 2020
Docmaker Judith Helfand probes a deadly 1995 heat wave that took at least 739 lives in Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. Helfand deftly connects the climate-change dots from Chicago's "unnatural disaster" to Hurricane Katrina... Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect Counterpunch.org May 23, 2020
A foreshadowing of the 2020 pandemic, with Richard Daley Jr., a Democrat, being just as unprepared as Trump and just as self-justifying. A necessary documentary. Go to Full Review
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Judith Helfand

Director

Judith Helfand

Actor

Eric Klinenberg

Actor

Toni Preckwinkle

Actor

Fenell Doremus

Producer

Diana Barrett

Executive Producer

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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

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Movie Info

Synopsis Examining the 1995 Chicago record-breaking heat wave that resulted in over 700 deaths. A look at the people most affected by natural disasters and the politics involved.
Director
Judith Helfand
Producer
Fenell Doremus
Production Co
ITVS International, Kartemquin Films, Ford Foundation - Just Films, Fork Films, Judith Hefland Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 12, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 3, 2019
Runtime
1h 21m
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