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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

7.5

1h 19m

2019

Synopsis

Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).

Director

Judith Helfand

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Documentary

chicago, illinoisnatural disasterclass discriminationheatwaveracial discriminationstructural discrimination

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Michelle Landis Dauber

as Herself

Judith Helfand

as Herself

John W. Heltzel

as Himself

Colleen Scott

as Herself

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